Lebanese state media reported Monday that Israeli airstrikes killed 11 people in the southern village of Kfar Rumman overnight, including two infants. This followed separate raids a day earlier that left seven dead.

Israel has intensified strikes in the southern Nabatieh area after saying Thursday it had seized the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge from Hezbollah, a claim the Iran-backed group has not commented on.

According to the report, fighting in Lebanon began in March after Hezbollah targeted Israel in support of Iran. It had decreased since a June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran on the wider Middle East war and an Israel-Lebanon framework agreement later that month.

On Monday, Israel's foreign ministry accused Hezbollah of carrying out repeated drone attacks and attempting to rebuild its military capabilities.