VERY close: Russian Su-35 jet buzzing American aircraft off the coast of Alaska last week.

Here's the official Houthi footage of American MQ-9 Reaper UAV being shot down.

Houthis also say they will "escalate" military operations in response to Israeli attacks.

IDF says it destroyed Hezbollah surface-to-air missile warehouse 1.5 kilometers from Beirut International Airport.

#BREAKING Lebanon War is coming.

IDF has imposed a closed military zone in the Metula, Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi area on the Lebanese border.

#BREAKING Very heavy IDF shelling reported on several villages in southern Lebanon.

IDF tanks reportedly gathering near Al-Wazzani, south of Lebanon.

Shelling also reported.

Very interesting: Iranian state TV broadcast a propaganda video in which Iran threatens to launch a barrage of missiles at Saudi Arabia with the slogan “Nothing will be left of the House of Saud”

Lebanese Army leaves its position in Abu Shanan, near Qatmoun, Rmeish region to redeploy its forces in several border areas.

Lebanese Army and UNIFIL forces are withdrawing from several positions on the border with Israel.

Lebanese Army is evacuating its observation posts on the front line of the border with occupied Palestine and joining the command centers in the border towns.

The border area is being turned into a no man's land for IDF invasion.

Israeli residents in Lebanon border say that the shooting did not stop for a moment, Israeli media reports.

"The whole house is shaking."

NBC, quoting a senior American official:

Israeli invasion in Lebanon may begin tonight and continue for days, not weeks, within a limited scope.

Hezbollah Political Council member Mahmoud Qamati:

We will defeat the Israeli forces if they decide to launch a ground invasion.

#BREAKING Israel invades Lebanon!

Israel is "currently carrying out" limited operations inside Lebanese territory, U.S. says.

#BREAKING Israeli media now reports hundreds of Israeli tanks entering Lebanon.

Al Arabiya has deleted a post reporting that Israeli tanks had entered Lebanese territory near Rmeish.

Israeli media was quoting Al Arabiya on this report.

The IDF asked civilians in the Al-Dahiya area of Beirut to evacuate the area immediately and move at least 500 metres away from the buildings marked in red on the maps.

#BREAKING:

According to Maariv Online, the Israeli security cabinet has officially approved a limited ground operation in Lebanon.

Israeli official says operations in Lebanon will initially be limited.

- Axios

#BREAKING:

Reuters reported, citing eyewitnesses, that a large explosion had been heard after Israel warned that it would attack the southern suburbs of Beirut.

The White House believes it has reached an agreement with Israel to limit the ground operation to the border areas of southern Lebanon, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

- Barak Ravid / Axios