Live updates: Iran says it has concluded its attack on Israel

Fears are growing in southern Lebanon of what the days, weeks and potentially months ahead will look like after Israel launched what it said were “limited” ground raids across the border.

Bassam el Hajj, a 60-year-old teacher living in the Lebanese border town of Rmeish, told NBC News that he feared for the worst last night after noticing Lebanese troops withdrawing from the area.

“We felt that there was something serious taking place – and soon,” he said in an interview this morning. Then, el Hajj said, he heard “very close clashes” near his village, with the sounds of fighting “surrounding us from all directions.”