Israeli military said it had begun striking targets belonging to Hezbollah's elite unit, the Radwan Force, in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon, as it accuses the Iran-backed Islamist group of seeking to rebuild its forces in violation of a ceasefire agreement.

In Syria, Israel launched rare attacks on forces of the new government, while in Lebanon it took aim at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

By bnm Gulf bureau Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have ordered the military to immediately strike the Turkish-backed Syrian regime's forces and weapons deployed in the Suwayda region following attacks on the Druze minority,