Attacks widen as diplomats struggle over ceasefire plan

Israeli warplanes intensified airstrikes and launched a new commando raid in south Lebanon today, killing at least 28 people in one of the heaviest tolls in days.

Lebanon police said five people were killed when in the capital when three loud explosions rocked Beirut shortly after nightfall and within two hours of the departure of Arab foreign ministers who had gathered in the Lebanese capital in a show of support for the embattled government.