Israel has launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon in what it called a preemptive strike on Hezbollah, as the militant group says it's launched hundreds of rockets and drones to avenge the killing of one of its top commanders last month.
The heavy exchange of fire early on Sunday (late morning AEST) came amid mounting fears of an all-out war that could draw in the US, Iran and its militant allies across the region.
The Israeli military said it struck because Hezbollah was planning to launch a heavy barrage of rockets and missiles toward Israel. Soon after, Hezbollah announced it had launched an attack on Israeli military positions as an initial response to the killing of Fouad Shukur, one of its founders, in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut last month.
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