Hezbollah prepares guerrilla warfare tactics in south Lebanon as Israel launches airstrikes against Beirut strongholds, with expert predicting Israeli ground invasion.

It comes after Israel says it was targeted by fresh Iranian missiles. Meanwhile, the US moves to ease sanctions on some Russian oil to curb price rises.

The war is expanding into Lebanon, as an Israeli offensive to dismantle Hezbollah has displaced 800,000 people there, with more than 680 people killed.

Hezbollah fired 200 missiles and drones into Israel in what Israeli media called an integrated attack with Iran, prompting fierce Israeli Defense Forces strikes.

Israel is relying on targets sent by ordinary Iranians for its strikes in Iran during the current war, according to a senior Israeli security official. This was the case on Wednesday night when an Israeli Hermes UAV struck Basij checkpoints in Tehran.

Specks of orange light streak across the night sky, an unnerving spectacle that’s become more common as Iran increasingly outfits some of its ballistic missiles with cluster munitions.

Explosions are reported on two more foreign tankers in the Persian Gulf killing at least one person, port authorities say.

JERUSALEM, March 12 (Reuters) - Israel's military on Thursday dropped charges against five soldiers accused of torturing a Palestinian detained during the Gaza war, in a case that exposed divisions within Israel over whether soldiers can abuse enemy prisoners with impunity.

Israel struck central Beirut overnight and issued the first ever evacuation order for part of the capital, as Israel vows it will not stop until Hezbollah is defeated and nearly a million people are displaced in Lebanon alone.