Israel has carried out at least four air strikes on the historic Lebanese port city of Tyre, hours after expanding its evacuation orders to cover several central neighbourhoods. Videos showed huge clouds of black smoke rising from a seafront area that is only a few hundred metres from Unesco World Heritage-listed Roman ruins.

Middle East Airlines is the only commercial airline still operating out of Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport Since Israel began bombarding Beirut's southern suburbs as part of its offensive against the Hezbollah militant group,

Israeli fighter jets struck dozens of targets in Beirut and other areas of southern Lebanon overnight, including branches of a bank accused of holding funds used by Hezbollah.