What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

The United Nations said more than 90,000 Lebanese people have been displaced in recent days

Emergency workers arrive at the scene of an Israeli air strike in the town of Maisara, north of Beirut (Bilal Hussein/AP)

Since mid-September, there has been a dizzying escalation in the nearly year-long conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

First came two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah – attacks pinned on Israel that killed at least 39 people and maimed thousands more.