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.

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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

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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

Trucks carrying Israeli army soldiers head for the Lebanese border.

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Lebanese Hezbollah announced that it has targeted Israeli troops across the Lebanese border towns of Adaisa and Kafrkila.

Israeli jets carried out the fourth airstrike on Al Dahiya.

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The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that 16 Lebanese were killed and 55 wounded following Israeli attacks on villages in the southern Nabatiyeh Province.

U.S. Officials believe Israel will not conduct full invasion of Lebanon

•Despite all the casualties, Hezbollah's tunnel network is largely intact and American officials fear it could pose a problem for advancing Israeli forces.

•Hezbollah forces maintain dug-in positions in the hilly and easily defended terrain of southern Lebanon.

•Some officials fear that extensive attacks against Hezbollah could provoke Iran to join the fight far more openly.

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Local sources report a rocket attack on the U.S. forces base at Baghdad International Airport.

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The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the death toll in the Israeli airstrikes has risen to 95 and wounded to 172.

"We reserve the right to self-defence against attacks on our forces by Iranian proxies"

- Pentagon spokesperson

A Lebanese security source told AFP that Israel had struck south Beirut at least six times.

Local sources said Israeli jets hit Al-Dahiya seven times.

An Iraqi security source said that rockets were fired by Iranian proxies at Baghdad airport and one rocket hit the U.S base.

Others fell on Headquarters Complex of the Iraqi Anti-Terrorism Forces and runways.

Hezbollah is retaliating.

Israeli media reported that shelling from South Lebanon targeted the town of Maskaf Am, which the Israeli army had recently declared a closed military zone.

Israeli raids on Beirut's southern suburbs destroyed residential complexes in targeted areas.

- Lebanon News Agency