Evacuation warnings affected southern Beirut, the eastern Bekaa valley and parts of southern Lebanon. AP video showed strikes near Lebanon’s only airport but it continued to operate.

The Israeli Defense Forces began conducting airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday targeting financial institutions linked to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Israel's military announced Sunday it will now take aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah's financial arm and planned to attack a “large number of targets” in the coming hours in Beirut and elsewhere. Explosions began in Beirut's southern suburbs about an hour later. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said…

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The Israeli military tells people in more than 20 areas in Lebanon to leave, ahead of its overnight strikes.

Dozens of the rockets were aimed at the ancient holy city of Tzfat and at Haifa and its surrounds.