The Israeli military has launched new waves of air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “limited and targeted ground operations” on Monday against Hezbollah positions.Israel has intensified its military operations throughout Lebanon, creating a new front in the expanding regional conflict.On March 2, Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets and drones at Israel for the first time in about a year, in response to the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. On the other hand, Israel continued near-daily attacks on Lebanon, violating the November 2024 ceasefire.Between March 2 and March 16, Israeli attacks have killed at least 886 people – including 67 women, 111 children, and 38 health workers – and wounded 2,141, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.More than a million Lebanese have been displaced from their homes, with Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Monday saying he would not allow the return of people to the country’s south until the safety of Israelis is guaranteed.Which areas has Israel attacked?Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), an independent monitor, has recorded at least 394 Israeli attacks on Lebanon.The attacks have mostly been concentrated in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. There have also been Israeli attacks in the Bekaa Valley and Baalbek in eastern Lebanon. In the capital, Beirut, home to roughly half of Lebanon’s 5.9 million population, Israeli attacks have targeted several areas in Dahiye …
