Israel-Lebanon latest: Fighter jets strike 220 Hezbollah targets in a day, Israel says, as ceasefire rejected

Israel struck about 220 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon 24 hours, military leaders have said.

The targets included infrastructure sites, launchers from which projectiles were fired toward Israeli territory, Hezbollah operatives and weapons storage facilities.

Earlier, Israel said a Hezbollah air force commander had been killed in an air strike on Beirut.

Mohammad Surur, the head of one of Hezbollah's air force units, was killed in the strike on a populated area of Beirut’s southern suburbs.

There have been a number of such strikes this week, alongside more than 1,000 others around the country.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government ruled out a ceasefire with Hezbollah, instead ordering his military to fight at full force.

The UK joined the US, France and other allies in calling for a 21-day temporary truce . In a statement, Mr Netanyahu’s office said: “The news about a ceasefire – not true. This is an American-French proposal, to which the prime minister did not even respond.”

The proposed ceasefire agreement would not affect the war in Gaza.