Earlier Israel said the Hezbollah missile - which was intercepted - had reached the country's biggest city for the first time.

Israel killed at least 569 people, including 50 children and 94 women, in air strikes it conducted across Lebanon since September 23. At least 1,835 Lebanese people were wounded in the attacks, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said. In response, Hezbollah launched a volley of missiles targeting Israeli airbases.

The Lebanese health minister stated in a press briefing that the death toll had quickly increased to more than 270, including 21 children and 31 women. In all, 1,024 people were hurt. Israel's military claims it struck more than 300 Hezbollah targets.

Year-long low intensity military hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah following the outbreak of the Gaza war appear to have blown into a full-scale conflict as Israeli forces continued to pound targets in southern parts of Lebanon.

Thousands of people in southern Lebanon fled their homes for Beirut on Sept. 24 to escape a second day of heavy Israeli strikes.

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The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon had the potential to completely destabilise the Middle East and widen the conflict there. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday,