More now from Hassan Nasrallah, who has been making a public address after Israeli’s military carried out what it called pre-emptive strikes in southern Lebanon.

The Hezbollah leader said the attack went “as planned”, dismissing statements by the IDF that its preemptive strikes had stopped a larger attack.

He said the group would assess the impact of its rocket and drone attack – allegedly on Israeli military targets – before deciding whether to carry out further assaults in response to the killing of commander Fuad Shukr.

“If the result is not enough, then we retain the right to respond another time,” Mr Nasrallah said

He was quoted by Reuters as saying that Israeli began striking Lebanon half an hour before Hezbollah’s operation, but claimed the areas targeted had nothing to do with its planned attacks.