The Israel Defense Forces has ordered the evacuation of more than 50 towns and villages across Southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched several rockets toward Northern Israel earlier in the evening, prompting retaliatory Israeli strikes on Beirut.

The latest escalation has raised concerns that the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, signed in November 2024, has effectively broken down, with observers warning that the framework established under the United Nations Security Council may once again be unraveling.