Daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel have been destructive, disruptive and sometimes deadly. An escalation could risk starting a wider regional conflict.

Lebanon is reeling after 32 people have now been killed in two days of device explosions across Beirut and other cities.Israel declared a “new phase” of war after 20 people were killed and more than 450 injured when hand-held walkie-talkie devices detonated in a second attack on Lebanon.

JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel’s defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the specter of all-out combat between Israel and Hezbollah seems closer than ever before.