Middle East crisis live: Iran threatens ‘painful’ response to Israeli strikes on southern Beirut

Tehran responds after Israel launches strikes that have killed at least two people and injured 11, reports sayIsrael escalates war against Hezbollah with airstrikes on Beirut suburbsDonald Trump called for more “surgical” strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said he is not demanding the conflict be included in a peace deal with Iran, during his Meet the Press interview broadcast on Sunday.“I’d like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical,” Trump said, according to a transcript of the interview recorded Friday. “I’d like to see Lebanon have a better life,” he added.