Since then, Hezbollah has continued to design its attacks to stay below the threshold of a full-scale conflagration. The group has continuously pressured northern Israel, forcing an estimated 80,000 civilians to evacuate their homes (creating a political challenge for the Israeli governing coalition) and forcing the IDF to allocate limited air defense,

The Israeli military expanded its Lebanon campaign with hundreds of airstrikes on Monday, as the border conflict with Hezbollah threatened to explode into a larger war.

The IDF refused to rule out a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, as it launched a series of extensive air strikes in the country’s southern region.