Massive blasts in Beirut after renewed Israeli air strikes

Apparent Israeli bombing has caused large explosions just outside Beirut’s international airport during a further night of air strikes targeting Hezbollah in the city. It is not clear what the target was, but the airport borders the Da-hi-eh area – Hezbollah’s stronghold in the capital.

Elsewhere, the Lebanese army said two of its soldiers had been killed in the country’s south as Israeli forces pressed on with their invasion against Hezbollah and ordered another 20 towns and villages to evacuate.

The Israeli military has not commented, but did say its troops had killed Hezbollah fighters near the border. Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli troops on both sides of the frontier.

The two fatal attacks on the Lebanese army soldiers were just hours apart yesterday, the third full day of the invasion.