Israel said it does not want war in Lebanon but could send its neighbour “back to the Stone Age”, as the UN’s humanitarian chief warned such a conflict would be “potentially apocalyptic”. The border between the two countries has seen daily exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah ever since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October. Fears those exchanges could escalate into full-blown war have only grown in recent weeks as cross-border attacks intensified, and after Israel revealed it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive, prompting new threats from Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasral…