Zvi Kogan, an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish organisation Chabad, has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli prime minister's office said.

Bazukulu, the vast majority of our population would be destitute in refugee camps, fed by the UN. Some would have become members of a Ugandan version of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Hamas, and Hezbollah, fighting the Israelis, kidnapping and taking civilian hostages, including children, as weapons of war. We would be using “human” shields to attack Israel.

Fouad Siniora said it was unacceptable to leave Lebanon to fall, and there was a lack of initiative when it came to trying to restore peace.

Khamenei's speech came three days after Iran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel, in what it said was retaliation for the assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

Iran’s IRGC says tens of missiles fired in retaliaition for the killing of Hezbollah, Hamas and IRGC officials

A spokesperson for Magen David Adom says emergency medical technicians and paramedics have been deployed to search "several sites where reports of rocket strikes have been received".

Israeli security forces said they were carrying out "a counterterrorism operation to thwart terror" in Jenin and Tulkarm.

The US says it is working to avoid any further escalation after 10 months of hostilities that have raised fears of an all-out war.