Two Israeli officials said Iranian officials told their Hezbollah counterparts that "the timing isn't right" for launching an attack against Israel.

Israel said on Tuesday it was intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon as two days of airstrikes targeting the Shiite Hezbollah militia sent the death toll above 550, including a rocket chief and two UN aid agency employees.

An Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday resulted in the death of senior Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Muhammad al-Qubasi. Identified by Israel’s military as the head of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket division,