Hezbollah and Israel exchanged fire on Tuesday following deadly Israeli strikes on east Lebanon a day earlier, while a United Nations official called for an end to the “dangerous cycle of violence”. Lebanon’s Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has exchanged near-daily fire with the Israeli army since war erupted between Israel and the Gaza-based Palestinian group on October 7. Israeli raids near east Lebanon’s Baalbek on Monday were the first in the area since hostilities began, and hit far beyond the usual border regions. The Israeli army said the strikes targeted Hezbollah air defences after the group…