Beirut, Lebanon. The bombs started falling again at dawn. Israel has launched a fresh wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon, targeting what it calls 'Hezbollah military infrastructure'.
The strikes come hours after the militant group publicly rejected a ceasefire deal brokered by Britain. Sources on the ground confirm at least 12 explosions rocked the outskirts of Nabatieh and the hills above Tyre. Casualty figures remain unconfirmed.
Hezbollah's al-Manar TV is calling it a 'betrayal'. The British-brokered agreement, sources tell me, was dead on arrival. Hezbollah's leadership saw it as a one-sided gift to Israel.
They are not wrong. The deal offered no guarantees on Israeli withdrawals from disputed territory. No mention of the Shebaa Farms.
No protection for Lebanese sovereignty. Britain's Foreign Office maintains it was a 'good faith effort'. But good faith doesn't stop shrapnel.
The bombing is intensifying. Israel says it's targeting rocket launch sites and command centres. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has confirmed it is monitoring the situation but has not intervened.
This is a pattern we have seen before. Escalation. Denunciation.
Bombs. Then silence. Then more bombs.
The question is whether this will spiral into a wider war. Hezbollah has the rockets. Israel has the air force.
And the people in between have only their homes. And those homes are now being flattened. I have spoken to residents in Tyre.
They are frightened. Electricity is down in parts of the city. The roads north are clogged with cars.
The British deal is now just a piece of paper. And paper burns. I will update this report as the situation develops.
But for now, Lebanon is burning again.
