Israel has carried out what its military called a “targeted strike” on Beirut. It offered no further immediate details.

In a statement this morning, the IDF says its air force hit several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon overnight. The targets included military buildings and a weapons store, it says. More than 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel on Wednesday, according to Israeli media.

Amid fears of an expanding war in the Middle East following mass detonations of bombs surreptitiously planted in Hezbollah communication devices, Israel continued its assault on the Iran-backed militia overnight.