Israel has reported its first combat deaths inside Lebanon, as Hezbollah says its fighters have clashed with IDF forces in two border towns. Meanwhile, Syrian state media reports an Israeli airstrike on its capital city has killed three people.

Over 1,000 Lebanese people have been killed and 6,000 wounded since Israel intensified cross-border attacks in southern Lebanon and Beirut, according to the Lebanese health authorities. View on eurone

Gaza A steady stream of packed buses and cars carrying anxious migrants rushed towards the Jedaydet Yabous border crossing between Lebanon and Syria on Monday. Distraught families lugging their possessions waited in huge queues as overwhelmed officials struggled with the masses of people jostling to enter.

More than 100,000 people have crossed into Syria from Lebanon since a conflict between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah militia escalated this month, the UN refugee agency chief said on Monday. Filippo Grandi said on social media platform X that those fleeing included both Lebanese and Syrian nationals.