Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon 'will lead to DOOMSDAY scenes and all-out war' as IDF comes face-to-face with Lebanese soldiers trained by Britain

An Israeli crushed penetration of Lebanon could trigger doomsday scenes and each retired war, a elder diplomat has said arsenic the IDF could travel face-to-face with troops trained by Britain.

The Middle Eastern country's London ambassador Rami Mortada has said their troops would not 'stand idly by and watch' if Israel invaded oregon were to 'mount a dense aerial attack', The Times reports.  

Last night, Israeli jets pummeled Lebanon with much than 50 strikes - contempt calls for restraint amid fears of a spiraling struggle wrong the Middle East following a week of pager and walkie-talkie blasts which has near the state successful disarray.

The bombardment marked the nation's astir aggravated deed connected Lebanon for astir a twelvemonth portion satellite leaders gathered successful Paris to urgently telephone for de-escalation.

Mr Mortada warned that Hezbollah has go a 'formidable warring force' - saying that a multi-frontal warfare successful the portion could radicalise a full caller procreation successful Europe.

He told the broadsheet: 'We are facing each the risks of an all-out determination struggle and that’s what we person been tirelessly trying to avoid

'Let’s anticipation that we don’t get determination due to the fact that this is simply a doomsday script for everyone. It’s decidedly a doomsday for Lebanon but Lebanon volition not wounded unsocial successful this war. That’s what caller past taught us. So each efforts should beryllium focused connected avoiding specified an outcome.'

The diplomat continued: 'There are galore unsafe aspects for the Middle East that could get arsenic acold arsenic Europe and beyond.' 

David Lammy urgently called for British nationals to fly the portion past nighttime amid fears the 'situation could deteriorate rapidly', revealing helium had spoken to Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati and 'expressed my heavy interest implicit rising tensions and civilian casualties'.

And the White House said a diplomatic solution was achievable and urgent, with a spokesperson telling a briefing it is 'afraid and acrophobic astir imaginable escalation'.

The aggravated barrage followed attacks earlier successful the week attributed by Lebanon and Hezbollah to Israel that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers, sidesplitting 37 radical and wounding astir 3,000 successful Lebanon.

In Thursday's precocious operation, Israel's subject said its jets struck hundreds of multiple-rocket-launcher barrels successful confederate Lebanon that were acceptable to beryllium fired instantly toward Israel successful a onslaught that lasted 2 hours.

The bombardment included much than 52 strikes crossed confederate Lebanon aft 9 p.m, Lebanon's authorities quality bureau NNA said. 

Three Lebanese information sources said these were the heaviest aerial strikes since the struggle began successful October.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

Israel's subject vowed to proceed to onslaught Hezbollah and said its strikes passim Thursday deed astir 100 rocket launchers positive different targets successful confederate Lebanon.

In a TV code yesterday, Hezbollah person Hassan Nasrallah said the instrumentality explosions connected Tuesday and Wednesday 'crossed each reddish lines'.

'The force went beyond each controls, laws and morals,' helium said, adding the attacks 'could beryllium considered warfare crimes oregon a declaration of war.'

He further acknowledged that the proscribed violent radical had suffered an 'unprecedented' stroke erstwhile thousands of operatives' connection devices exploded.

Describing the attacks arsenic a 'massacre' and a imaginable 'act of war', Nasrallah said Israel would look 'tough retribution and conscionable punishment, wherever it expects it and wherever it does not'.

But adjacent arsenic helium delivered his televised address, Israeli warplanes could beryllium heard breaking the dependable obstruction implicit Beirut. 

Iran-backed Hezbollah is an state of Palestinian militant radical Hamas, which has been warring a warfare successful Gaza since its October 7 onslaught connected Israel.

For astir a year, the absorption of Israel's firepower has been connected Gaza but its troops person besides been engaged successful near-daily clashes with Hezbollah militants on its bluish border.

Hundreds person been killed successful Lebanon, astir of them fighters, and dozens successful Israel, including soldiers.

The exchanges of occurrence person forced tens of thousands of radical connected some sides of the borderline to fly their homes.

Nasrallah vowed to support up Hezbollah's combat against Israel until a ceasefire successful Gaza is reached. Hamas welcomed the committedness of support.

Hezbollah said 25 of its members had been killed successful the instrumentality explosions, with a root adjacent to the radical saying astatine slightest 20 had died erstwhile their walkie-talkies blew up. 

Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said the 'blatant battle connected Lebanon's sovereignty and security' was a unsafe improvement that could 'signal a wider war'.

Speaking up of a UN Security Council gathering connected the attacks acceptable for Friday, helium said Lebanon had filed a ailment against 'Israel's cyber-terrorist aggression that amounts to a warfare crime'.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Israel faces 'a crushing effect from the absorption front' aft the blasts, which wounded Tehran's ambassador successful Beirut.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has been scrambling to salvage efforts for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage merchandise deal, called for restraint by each sides.

'We don't privation to spot immoderate escalatory actions by immoderate party' that would endanger the extremity of a ceasefire successful Gaza, helium said arsenic helium joined European overseas ministers successful Paris to sermon the widening crisis.

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden inactive believes determination tin beryllium a diplomatic solution betwixt Israel and Hezbollah. 'He believes it's achievable,' she told a briefing.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, successful Madrid, called for a caller bid league aimed astatine ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel has not straight commented connected the pager and vigor detonations, which information sources accidental were astir apt carried retired by its Mossad spy agency. The shadowy organisation has a agelong past of carrying retired blase attacks connected overseas soil.

The Lebanese ngo to the U.N. said successful a missive to the Security Council that Israel was liable for detonating the devices via physics messages and explosives implanted successful them earlier they arrived successful Lebanon, successful enactment with theories that person circulated since the explosions.

The 15-member Security Council volition conscionable time implicit the blasts. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati called connected the Security Council to instrumentality a steadfast basal to halt Israel's 'aggression' and 'technological war'.

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said precocious connected Thursday that Israel volition support up subject enactment against Hezbollah.

'In the caller signifier of the warfare determination are important opportunities but besides important risks. Hezbollah feels that it is being persecuted and the series of subject actions volition continue,' Gallant said successful a statement.

'Our extremity is to guarantee the harmless instrumentality of Israel's bluish communities to their homes. As clip goes by, Hezbollah volition wage an expanding price,' Gallant said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his adjacent ellipse of ministers for consultations, Israel's Channel 13 News reported.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed successful combat connected Thursday successful Israel's north, the Israeli subject said.