People gather at the site of an Israeli strike that hit near a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.

Negotiations to end the Mideast war appeared in deep trouble on Monday, with Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatening to open new fronts in the conflict hours after the US and Iran exchanged overnight strikes.

Iran's news agency Tasnim reported Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators in protest at Israel's expanding offensive in Lebanon.

Speaking to US broadcaster NBC, President Donald Trump said "I think it's fine if they're done talking", adding that Tehran had not told Washington it was suspending negotiations.

Weeks of indirect talks marked by threats and several waves of air strikes have so far failed to bring about an end to the war or the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the key shipping channel for Gulf oil and gas.