Breaking News Israel strikes Hezbollah targets as conflict intensifies. Report by CNN News

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Israel’s military is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Monday after it urged civilians to leave areas where the Iran-backed militant group operates.
Earlier strikes Monday appeared to be the widest in geographic range simultaneously conducted by Israel in Lebanon since the war in Gaza began, after the two sides exchanged their most intense fire of the conflict over the weekend.

Breaking News Israel strikes Hezbollah targets as conflict intensifies.Report by CNN News

As fears of a wider regional war grow, Hezbollah’s second-in-command said “a battle without limits” was underway and the group launched some of its deepest strikes inside Israel in decades.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to force all Palestinians out of northern Gaza to lay siege to Hamas and force the release of hostages.

Breaking News Large queues of traffic as cars flee towns across Lebanon for Beirut.

Video shared with CNN journalists in Lebanon shows large queues of traffic as people flee towns across the country for the capital, Beirut.

One person fleeing Sidon, a coastal city south of Beirut, told CNN they had never seen as much traffic leaving the town, and that the army was telling civilians to empty the streets.

Data from Google Maps showed significant delays along main roads from the south to the north at 1 p.m. local time.

Breaking News At least 50 killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Monday, officials say
From CNN’s Tamara Qiblawi.

At least 50 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded by Israeli air strikes in Lebanon, the ministry of health said Monday.

It said the death toll is only a preliminary count.

Early on Monday, Israel carried out the most intensive air campaign in Lebanon since the conflict in Gaza started last October.