The Israeli military stepped up airstrikes in south Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least one person as it pressed a campaign of near-daily attacks which it says is designed to block a military revival by Iran-backed Hezbollah in the border area.

Drone attack on Palestinian camp kills 13 and is one of deadliest since Israel and Hizbollah agreed ceasefire last year

Israeli settlers set fire to cars in the latest arson in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting on settler violence.

The attack was the latest incident in the West Bank, where Palestinians have faced a surge in violent attacks by Jewish settlers since the start of the Gaza war two years ago.