Israel said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate for two “unprecedented” rounds of attacks targeting its operatives’ communication devices. Israel has not commented on the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios,

Hezbollah admits Israel dealt a severe blow with exploding pagers and walkie talkies, but neither side seems to heed U.S. calls to avoid a wider war.

Amid fears of an expanding war in the Middle East following mass detentions of bombs surreptitiously planted in Hezbollah communication devices, Israel continued its assault of the Iran-backed militia overnight.