Hezbollah announced a “new and escalatory phase” in its war with Israel on Thursday – hours after the Israeli military confirmed its forces killed the leader of Hamas. The terror group claimed it had used precision-guided missiles against Israeli troops for the first time since the Jewish state launched a ground invasion into Lebanon last month with the goal of rooting out Hezbollah militants.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is vowing to launch a new phase of fighting against invading Israeli troops, a day after Israel said its forces in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza had killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,