Morning everyone. Nearly 500 people have been killed after Israel intensified its war on Hezbollah with bombing raids on more than 300 targets in Lebanon; the day’s death toll is the country’s highest since the end of the 1975-90 civil war. We have reports from our team across the Middle East.
At home, an Essential poll backs the government’s stranded housing bills; our podcast looks at the Murdoch family’s real-life Succession battle; and Carlton skipper Patrick Cripps takes out a second Brownlow.