Massive explosions have shaken Beirut again - with footage showing the blasts in the southern suburbs of the city of Sunday night. The attacks came on the eve of October 7, the anniversary of Hamas' terrorist attack on Israel, in which some 1,200 were killed and hundreds more were taken hostage.

Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa early on Monday, in the first direct attack on the northern city that evaded the military's usually reliable air defence systems.

Israeli rescue force members inspect the site where a projectile fell,amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Haifa, northern Israel October 6, 202