Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in near-daily border fire since October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel’s northern region, in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The cross-border fire has displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border.

Thousands fled their homes in southern Lebanon, crowding highways and makeshift shelters as Israel unleashed an air war on Hezbollah's arsenal.

Israel's military said on Tuesday it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight, a day after it launched a wave of airstrikes against the Iran-backed group's sites in Lebanon's deadliest day in decades.