Israel and Hezbollah have continued trading blows, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon's deadliest day in decades.
Israel has struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the militant group has attacked military facilities in northern Israel, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in decades. Israel's military said on Tuesday it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets overnight, a day after carrying out air strikes against the armed group which Lebanese authorities said killed 558 people and wounded 1,835. Tens of thousands more have fled for safety.
Australia was doing what it could to develop a contingency plan to get people out of Lebanon but numbers were "beyond the capacity of the government to provide assistance to all", she said. Australians in Lebanon can register on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's crisis portal. Approximately 15,000 Australians normally live in Lebanon but that number increases by several thousand during Lebanon's summer, according to DFAT.
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