The Israeli army issues new evacuation orders from Beirut, with reports of an attack in Damascus, according to the BBC.
The Israeli military says it cannot confirm that the potential replacement for former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hashem Safieddine, was killed in an airstrike last week.
It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military had “eliminated” Safieddine.
Earlier, Israel said its troops had begun ground operations in southwest Lebanon – until now their week-long occupation had focused on the eastern side of the border.
Israeli army soldiers were photographed raising Israeli flags on the southern side of the Lebanese village of Maroun Al Ras.
Beirut mayor tells BBC there is no longer a ‘safe place’ in capital as Israeli airstrikes continue
The Lebanese Ministry of Health says that 36 people have been killed and 150 wounded in the last 24 hours by Israeli attacks.
Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into the northern Israeli city of Haifa after the city was hit for the first time in 18 years on Monday.
