Israeli forces look to have conducted yet another targeted strike against Hezbollah in Lebanon’s capital Beirut and have expanded their ground incursions in the southern end of that country. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also say they shot down a ballistic missile headed toward the center of the country today,

Israel announced an expansion of its week-long ground offensive in Lebanon on Tuesday after conducting airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut overnight. The Israeli military said it was conducting ” limited, localised, targeted operational activities " inside southwestern Lebanon against Hezbollah sites, using its reserve division.

Israel's military said on Tuesday it had begun ground operations in southwest Lebanon, expanding its incursions to a new zone a year after exchanges of fire began with armed group Hezbollah and amid pleas by the U.