Key developments in Middle-East crisis

YESTERDAY’S developments in the Israel-Lebanon crisis stem from the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah.

Israel intensifies its attacks, blasting Beirut’s airport and two Lebanese army air bases near the Syrian border, and imposing a naval blockade.

Israel’s army chief warns “nothing is safe” in Lebanon and says Beirut itself — particularly Hezbollah offices and residences — would be a target.