Shoaib Rizqallah

At around noon local time, Israeli warplanes struck a village in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military said it was targeting what it called, quote, saboteurs in Hezbollah's construction unit.

Later, the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings to residents in five other villages in the south, before striking what it said was Hezbollah's, quote, military infrastructure.

Neither Hezbollah nor the Lebanese state, which has vowed to disarm the militant group, have been responding to the year-long Israeli attacks, which have killed upward of 100 civilians, according to the UN.

In a public letter to the Lebanese government, Hezbollah said it stands beside the army to defend Lebanese sovereignty.

Shoaib Rizqallah, NPR News.