The deeper Israel pushes into Lebanon, the more it becomes like it

Smoke billows over southern Lebanon as Israeli air strikes pound the Nabatieh district.

Escalating deployments by Hezbollah had also prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convene an emergency security meeting on May 30 following a surprise Hezbollah strike, amid reports of "utter chaos" as Israeli forces scrambled to respond.

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper calls for an end to Israel’s operations in Lebanon, but also demands that Hezbollah disarm.

Israel launched strikes across south Lebanon this Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations, and a day after Lebanese and Israeli military officials held their first direct talks in decades at the Pentagon.