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Live blog update| Israel's war on Gaza

Israeli warplanes buzz Beirut and shell new towns, Lebanese state media says

Israel has launched fresh strikes on Lebanon hitting the southern Lebanese towns of towns of Khiam, Aita al-Shaab and Markaba and has conducted fly-overs of Beirut, according to Lebanon’s state media.

Tensions escalated on Wednesday after Israel assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in Tyre and Hezbollah responded by firing at least 100 rockets into Israel.