Israel has conducted limited ground incursions into Lebanon and carried out an air strike on central Beirut on Monday for the first time in almost two decades. Two people familiar with the situation said Israeli forces had carried out small-scale operations across the border,

Israel has hit targets across Lebanon and killed 1,030 people over the past week according to the country's Health Ministry, as Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah sustained heavy blows to its command structure including the killing of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Israeli troops launched targeted operations in southern Lebanon on Monday as the army widened its campaign against Hezbollah ahead of a possible ground invasion.