Israel launched airstrikes on targets across southern Lebanon, killing nearly 500 people in one of the deadliest days of fighting in nearly two decades and fanning fears of all-out war.Some 1,650 people were wounded in the strikes and about 100 women and children were among the dead,

The airstrikes raised fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah after pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon last week.