At least 100 Hezbollah targets have been destroyed in the Israeli military’s most extensive airstrikes on southern Lebanon since the start of the war in Gaza.Israel said it had hit Hezbollah’s rocket launcher barrels and other sites across the region after around 9pm on Thursday amid fears of a major conflict.

The airstrike follows a deadly week of attacks that have intensified nearly a year of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah.