Israeli warplanes target Lebanon as Iran and Hezbollah threaten retaliation for deadly blasts - live

Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah leader vow revenge amid sonic booms and strikes across Lebanon; IDF says two Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strikes

• Analysis: Attacks were audacious and carefully planned

In our First Edition newsletter today, my colleague Heather Stewart has spoken to our defence and security editor Dan Sabbagh. Here is a snippet:

Targeting Hezbollah directly is not new: Benjamin Netanyahu’s government claimed to have killed a Hezbollah leader in an airstrike on Beirut in July, for example. But the widespread and indiscriminate nature of Tuesday’s blasts represented a significant escalation.

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