Lebanon's Hezbollah movement fired heavy rocket barrages at Israel on Sunday, and the Israeli military said houses had been destroyed or set alight near Tel Aviv, after a powerful Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 people in Beirut the day before.

Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in northern and central Israel, some of them near Tel Aviv, Israel's police said.

The exchange of fire underscores a pattern of escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, with Hezbollah explicitly stating that its rocket attacks were a direct response to the Israeli strikes on Beirut. They claimed to have targeted specific military installations in Tel Aviv, although the Israeli military refused to confirm or deny the claims.