On the brink of all-out war

ISRAEL intensified its attacks against Lebanon yesterday, imposing a naval blockade, twice hitting Beirut’s airport, and blasting two Lebanese army air bases near Syria.

In retaliation, the Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, which said one also struck the port city of Haifa.

Hezbollah denied it had rocketed Haifa, where no injuries were reported.