The fight against Hamas has strained the Israeli military, with soldiers receiving little respite, officials citing army shortages, the economy facing its steepest decline in years, and growing public pressure for a ceasefire and a hostage deal.

The relentless exchanges of fire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah of recent days have stoked fears the longtime foes are moving inexorably towards all-out war, despite international appeals for restraint.

Israeli fighter jets are conducting large-scale airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon following rocket attacks into northern Israel. Israel's military said it hit 300 targets on Monday morning, with Lebanese officials reporting 182 dead and 727 wounded.

Israel has launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, killing more than 270 people Israel launched hundreds of airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, killing more than 270 people,

Israel carried out hundreds of airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 100 people, as the Israeli military called on residents to immediately evacuate places where it claimed the Hezbollah militant group stores weapons.

Israeli warplanes continued to strike Lebanon on Tuesday, extending a massive bombardment of Hizbollah strongholds that has killed hundreds of people so far in the worst violence to hit the country in decades.

The strikes come as the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, the first of its kind in nearly a year of a steadily escalating conflict.

Israel says it is conducting airstrikes after warning residents of southern Lebanese villages to evacuate. William Christou reports from Beirut for the Guardian About 60,000 calls were made across all of Lebanon which played a pre-recorded message instructing people to evacuate their homes,

Residents of different villages in southern Lebanon posted photos on social media that they said showed their towns being struck. The state-run National News Agency also reported airstrikes in different areas.