Israeli warplanes carry out wave of airstrikes on south Lebanon

Israel carried out airstrikes in parts of south Lebanon, including in Iqlim al-Tuffah.

Monday’s airstrikes were more intense than the usual near-daily ones that Israel has carried out since a ceasefire ended its 14-month war with Hezbollah in November.

The strikes targeted the outskirts of Ansar-Zrariyeh, Tebna-Bissariyeh, Azza, Buslaya, Houmine al-Fawqa, Mazraat al-Mahmoudiyeh and al-Aishiyeh and came hours after Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said the group will not join the war between Iran and Israel for now.

Qassem spoke in his first public comments since the U.S. inserted itself into the war on Sunday, saying his group is ready to back any decision taken by the Lebanese state to force Israel to stop the war.

Israeli’s military said it struck rocket launchers and an arms depot for Hezbollah.