Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon 'will lead to DOOMSDAY scenes and all-out war' as IDF comes face-to-face with Lebanese soldiers trained by Britain

An Israeli crushed penetration of Lebanon could trigger last day scenes and each retired war, a elder diplomat has said arsenic nan IDF could travel face-to-face pinch troops trained by Britain.

The Middle Eastern country's London ambassador Rami Mortada has said their troops would not 'stand idly by and watch' if Israel invaded aliases were to 'mount a dense aerial attack', The Times reports.  

Last night, Israeli jets pummeled Lebanon pinch much than 50 strikes - contempt calls for restraint amid fears of a spiraling conflict wrong nan Middle East following a week of pager and walkie-talkie blasts which has near nan state successful disarray.

The bombardment marked nan nation's astir aggravated deed connected Lebanon for astir a twelvemonth while world leaders gathered successful Paris to urgently telephone for de-escalation.

Mr Mortada warned that Hezbollah has go a 'formidable fighting force' - saying that a multi-frontal warfare successful nan region could radicalise a full caller procreation successful Europe.

He told nan broadsheet: 'We are facing each nan risks of an all-out location conflict and that’s what we person been tirelessly trying to avoid

'Let’s dream that we don’t get location because this is simply a last day script for everyone. It’s decidedly a last day for Lebanon but Lebanon will not wounded unsocial successful this war. That’s what caller history taught us. So each efforts should beryllium focused connected avoiding specified an outcome.'

The diplomat continued: 'There are galore vulnerable aspects for nan Middle East that could get arsenic acold arsenic Europe and beyond.' 

David Lammy urgently called for British nationals to fly nan region past nighttime amid fears the 'situation could deteriorate rapidly', revealing he had spoken to Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati and 'expressed my heavy interest complete rising tensions and civilian casualties'.

And nan White House said a negotiated solution was achievable and urgent, pinch a spokesperson telling a briefing it is 'afraid and concerned astir imaginable escalation'.

The aggravated barrage followed attacks earlier successful nan week attributed by Lebanon and Hezbollah to Israel that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers, sidesplitting 37 group and wounding astir 3,000 successful Lebanon.

In Thursday's precocious operation, Israel's subject said its jets struck hundreds of multiple-rocket-launcher barrels successful confederate Lebanon that were group to beryllium fired instantly toward Israel successful a onslaught that lasted 2 hours.

The bombardment included much than 52 strikes crossed confederate Lebanon aft 9 p.m, Lebanon's authorities news agency NNA said. 

Three Lebanese information sources said these were nan heaviest aerial strikes since nan conflict began successful October.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

Israel's subject vowed to proceed to onslaught Hezbollah and said its strikes passim Thursday deed astir 100 rocket launchers positive different targets successful confederate Lebanon.

In a TV reside yesterday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said nan instrumentality explosions connected Tuesday and Wednesday 'crossed each reddish lines'.

'The force went beyond each controls, laws and morals,' he said, adding nan attacks 'could beryllium considered warfare crimes aliases a declaration of war.'

He further acknowledged that nan proscribed violent group had suffered an 'unprecedented' rustle erstwhile thousands of operatives' connection devices exploded.

Describing nan attacks arsenic a 'massacre' and a imaginable 'act of war', Nasrallah said Israel would look 'tough retribution and conscionable punishment, wherever it expects it and wherever it does not'.

But moreover arsenic he delivered his televised address, Israeli warplanes could beryllium heard breaking nan sound obstruction complete Beirut. 

Iran-backed Hezbollah is an state of Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been fighting a warfare successful Gaza since its October 7 onslaught connected Israel.

For astir a year, nan attraction of Israel's firepower has been connected Gaza but its troops person besides been engaged successful near-daily clashes pinch Hezbollah militants on its bluish border.

Hundreds person been killed successful Lebanon, astir of them fighters, and dozens successful Israel, including soldiers.

The exchanges of occurrence person forced tens of thousands of group connected some sides of nan separator to fly their homes.

Nasrallah vowed to support up Hezbollah's conflict against Israel until a ceasefire successful Gaza is reached. Hamas welcomed nan committedness of support.

Hezbollah said 25 of its members had been killed successful nan instrumentality explosions, pinch a root adjacent to nan group saying astatine slightest 20 had died erstwhile their walkie-talkies blew up. 

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said nan 'blatant battle connected Lebanon's sovereignty and security' was a vulnerable improvement that could 'signal a wider war'.

Speaking up of a UN Security Council gathering connected nan attacks group for Friday, he said Lebanon had revenge a title against 'Israel's cyber-terrorist aggression that amounts to a warfare crime'.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Israel faces 'a crushing consequence from nan guidance front' aft nan blasts, which wounded Tehran's ambassador successful Beirut.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has been scrambling to salvage efforts for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage merchandise deal, called for restraint by each sides.

'We don't want to spot immoderate escalatory actions by immoderate party' that would endanger nan extremity of a ceasefire successful Gaza, he said arsenic he joined European overseas ministers successful Paris to talk nan widening crisis.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden still believes location tin beryllium a negotiated solution betwixt Israel and Hezbollah. 'He believes it's achievable,' she told a briefing.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, successful Madrid, called for a caller bid convention aimed astatine ending nan Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel has not straight commented connected nan pager and power detonations, which information sources opportunity were astir apt carried retired by its Mossad spy agency. The shadowy organisation has a agelong history of carrying retired blase attacks connected overseas soil.

The Lebanese ngo to nan U.N. said successful a missive to nan Security Council that Israel was responsible for detonating nan devices via physics messages and explosives implanted successful them earlier they arrived successful Lebanon, successful statement pinch theories that person circulated since nan explosions.

The 15-member Security Council will meet tomorrow complete nan blasts. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati called connected nan Security Council to return a patient guidelines to extremity Israel's 'aggression' and 'technological war'.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said precocious connected Thursday that Israel will support up subject action against Hezbollah.

'In nan caller shape of nan warfare location are important opportunities but besides important risks. Hezbollah feels that it is being persecuted and nan series of subject actions will continue,' Gallant said successful a statement.

'Our extremity is to guarantee nan safe return of Israel's bluish communities to their homes. As clip goes by, Hezbollah will salary an expanding price,' Gallant said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his adjacent circle of ministers for consultations, Israel's Channel 13 News reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed successful combat connected Thursday successful Israel's north, nan Israeli subject said.