The Lebanese army has become involved in the fighting as the country's health minister slammed "war crime".
that are north of a UN-declared buffer zone, signalling that it may widen a ground operation launched earlier this week against the Hezbollah militant group.
The Lebanese health minister said Israeli strikes that hit nine hospitals and 45 health care centers violate international law and treaties."International laws are clear in protecting these people — I mean, paramedics. Who gave Israel the right to be the judge and the executioner at the same time?"Lebanese women stand in front an apartment in a multistory building hit by Israeli airstrike in central Beirut.
Residents reported a sulfur-like smell following the strike in Beirut, and Lebanon's state-run National News Agency — without providing evidence — accused Israel of using phosphorous bombs, which can cause severe burns and could violate international law. Human rights groups have in the past accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on towns and villages in southern Lebanon.
So far, ground clashes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have been confined to a narrow strip along the border.But hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes, as Israel has warned people to evacuate from dozens of villages and towns in the south, telling them to relocate to areas that are around 60km from the border and considerably farther north than the Litani River.
The vast majority of recent strikes have been in areas where Hezbollah has a strong presence, including the southern suburbs of Beirut known as the Dahiyeh. But Israel has also carried out strikes in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, and a strike in central Beirut earlier this week killed three members of a leftist Palestinian militant group.Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they launched two drones at Tel Aviv overnight.
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