🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli artillery shelling on southern Lebanon was an initial response to the rockets, and a larger retaliation will soon follow," - Haaretz.

🇹🇷⚡- "The number of people detained during demonstrations in connection with the detention of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu has risen to 343," - Turkish Interior Ministry.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: UNIFIL in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, sound level 3 sirens, indicating 'severe potential risk'.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "What’s happening in the south today, and since February 18, is a sustained Israeli assault on Lebanon. It directly undermines the national recovery project that all Lebanese have collectively embraced," - Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Lebanese President Joseph Aoun instructed the Army Commander to implement all necessary field measures to safeguard civilians and to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident to clarify its circumstances," - al-Akhbar, Lebanese outlet.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, has finished conducting an assessment of the situation in northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - At least 30 Israeli airstrikes against southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- A second squadron of Israeli jets enter Lebanese airspace at very low altitude.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- IDF announces a second wave of strikes will begin very soon, likely targeting Beirut.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Scenes from Touline, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We do not seek escalation and are working to push Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon," - Lebanese Foreign Ministry.

Meanwhile several Lebanese civilians have already been killed - civilians the government fails to protect.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli arrival at Yahmur al-Shaqif, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrike near al-Taibah, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrikes against Bin Yahmar, al-Shaqif and Deir Mimas, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Note, no party has claimed responsibility for the rockets fired from southern Lebanon towards Metula, northern Israel.

It has been 6 hours.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli residents begin fleeing from Metula, northern Israel, as fears grow the situation could escalate, according to Ma'ariv.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israel declares a state of alert in northern Israel, expecting a Hezbollah retaliation.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Lebanese Foreign Minister is making phone calls with Arab and Western Foreign Ministers to contain the escalation," - al-Jazeera.