Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on Tayr Debba town in southern Lebanon on Thursday. Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA
Israel launched a series of heavy air strikes on south Lebanon on Thursday, causing confusion and panic among Lebanese locals.
The strikes came despite a ceasefire deal agreed a year ago that was meant to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hizbullah.
The Israeli military issued five warnings between 3pm and 5.30pm local time.
Israeli air strikes in Lebanon do not always come with warnings, but if they do the subsequent a
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