Updates on the Middle East conflict as Israel launches fresh strikes on Beirut, with the IDF and Hezbollah engaging in ongoing border clashes.

By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Alexander Cornwell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air attacks battered Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Iran-backed group Hezbollah last month.

Israel continued to bombard Beirut’s suburbs overnight and struck a mosque in southern Lebanon as its forces battled Hizbollah fighters on the ground in the border region. Israeli warplanes also launched a strike on the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli for the first time,