The aerial campaign is an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese group since the start of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, in which Israel has killed more than 42,600 people, most of them women and children, since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last October.

Israel launched a series of new air strikes into Lebanon on Monday, targeting banks in Beirut they say are linked to Hezbollah. Explosions rocked the Dahieh district in the southern part of the capital city and the Bekaa Valley overnight,