Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, in Lebanon. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon early on Sunday, targeting commanders of the Lebanese branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, after Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised “many surprises” for the next phase of the conflict.

The Israeli military said it would “not allow Iranian terrorist elements to establish themselves in Lebanese territory”.

The latest strikes in Lebanon followed an Israeli attack on Saturday on an oil storage facility i

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