The Israeli army reported on Tuesday it has intensified its ground offensive in southern Lebanon, while the Islamist Hezbollah militia said it launched numerous missiles targetting northern Israel. The salvo was fired at various targets in northern Israel, the Iranian-backed militia said in a statement. The Israeli army said air raid alerts had been issued in several locations near the border with Lebanon. About 180 rockets targeted the Galilee region of Israel and Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city, however, most of them were intercepted, the army said. Some missiles also hit the suburbs of H…