The Israeli military expanded its Lebanon campaign with hundreds of airstrikes early on Monday, as the long-simmering border conflict with Hezbollah threatened to explode into a larger war. Dozens of Israeli warplanes struck more than 300 targets in southern Lebanon on Monday morning,

Israel is bombing targets across many parts of Lebanon, striking senior militants in Beirut and apparently hiding bombs in pagers and walkie-talkies.

Israel has inflicted a series of humiliating blows on the Hezbollah militia in neighbouring Lebanon.