‘We sleep and. wake to bombs’

Israel’s hostilities with Hezbollah escalate to new levels.

- Beirut

Israel announced dozens of new air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon yesterday, a day after 558 people, including 50 children, were killed in the deadliest bombardment since a devastating war in 2006.

Israel's overnight strikes on southern Lebanon came after it said it had killed a "large number" of militants when it hit about 1 600 suspected Hezbollah targets around the country.

Hezbollah said yesterday it had launched volleys of missiles at Israeli military bases, hours after 180 of its projectiles and an unmanned aerial vehicle crossed into Israeli airspace, sending people in the city of Haifa running for shelter.

The Israeli military said more than 50 projectiles were fired into northern Israel in less than 10 minutes yesterday morning, most of which were intercepted.