Israel has intensified its air and artillery strikes in recent days, particularly in southern Lebanon, saying it was targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure.
Lebanon’s health ministry has accused Israel of targeting civilians and paramedics, which Israel denies.
The Israeli military says it is aiming to create a buffer zone in southern Lebanon to thwart future Hezbollah attacks.
In those areas, entire villages have been destroyed in similar tactics deployed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Human rights groups say some cases could amount to war crimes, which Israel denies.
Hezbollah has carried out its own attacks on Israeli troops in Lebanon and northern Israel with rockets and drones.
Southern Lebanon is the heartland of the country’s Shia community, from which Hezbollah gets most of its support, and has been under constant Israeli bombardment.
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