00:00Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets and drones towards Israel early on Sunday, as the Israeli
00:07military said it hit southern Lebanon with a barrage of airstrikes.
00:13Israel called its strikes pre-emptive, following intelligence reports indicating that Hezbollah
00:18was planning a major attack on its territory.
00:22Hezbollah said it launched an attack in retaliation for the killing of one of its top commanders
00:27last month.
00:30Reports say at least three people were killed in the strikes on Lebanon, while there were
00:33no reports of casualties in Israel.
00:36Both sides have said they've only aimed at military targets, while Israeli Prime Minister
00:42Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military has been instructed to proactively remove
00:47the threat of Hezbollah.
00:50This latest escalation has raised fears of an all-out regional war, and comes as Egypt
00:55hosts a new round of ceasefire talks aimed at ending Israel's war with Hamas.
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