Several red 'rocket' alerts were issued in Haifa, Israel at around 1 AM local time on Sunday as the city braced for a Hezbollah attack. This comes hours after IDF spokesperson Read Adm Daniel Hagari said that the Home Front Command ordered new restrictions in northern Israel as fighting escalated.

Hundreds of thousands of people sought shelter from Hezbollah rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Sunday, the military said, as a UN official warned of imminent regional "catastrophe"

Hezbollah hits areas near the Israeli port city of Haifa, as the armed group and Israel trade fire across the Lebanese border.

Hezbollah fired over a hundred rockets towards Israel from Lebanese territory. Several of them fell near the city of Haifa in the north of the country, according to the Israeli military. Israel responded with a significant attack on Hezbollah targets.