JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third largest city Haifa early on Monday as the country looked poised to expand ground incursions into southern Lebanon on the first anniversary of the Gaza war,

After a night of heavy Israeli bombardment in southern Beirut, Hezbollah retaliated by firing rockets at Israel's third-largest city Haifa

Hezbollah rockets struck Israel's third-largest city, Haifa, on the first anniversary of the Gaza war, as the conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah escalates. Israel intercepted drones and missiles while airstrikes pounded Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon.

Israel stepped up its air and ground offensive in Gaza with more attacks on Hamas militants and command posts on Monday as both sides marked the first anniversary of a war that has destroyed much of the territory and changed Palestinians' lives forever.

Families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza sounded a two-minute siren outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Jerusalem residence.

Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Haifa, while Israeli media reported 10 people were injured in the country's north.

Iran's Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon after last month's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike, has not been hea