Cyprus's president called for restraint over escalating tensions in the Middle East in separate telephone conversations with the Lebanese and Israeli prime ministers on Saturday, his spokesperson said in a statement.

A spokesperson for Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides said he urged restraint in light of escalating tensions in the Middle East during separate phone calls with the prime ministers of Lebanon and Israel on Saturday.

Cyprus and Greece have made progress in talks regarding the creation of a high-speed electric cable network that will connect Europe to the Middle East across the Mediterranean seabed, a Cypriot official announced on Tuesday.

Nicosia: Cyprus will support a multi-billion euro electric transmission cable linking the power grids of Europe to the Middle East, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.

The Israeli military says over 100 rockets have been fired into the country from Lebanon, with some landing near the northern city of Haifa

Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire since the outbreak of the war in Gaza nearly a year ago, when the militant group began firing rockets in solidarity with the Palestinians and its fellow Iran-back

Hezbollah on Sunday launched around 85 missiles from Lebanon into the Haifa area -- the deepest into Israel since the beginning of the war in October -- with three people injured.

Hezbollah launched more than 100 rockets early Sunday across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel launched hundreds of strikes on Lebanon.

Israel says it struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after the militant group fired dozens of rockets towards northern Israel overnight.