Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group have been trading fire across the border since the war in Gaza began last year with an attack by Hezbollah's ally Hamas, but Israel has rapidly intensified its military campaign over the past week.

Zahra’s village lies between Nabatieh and Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon, but in October last year, she and her family fled to Laylaki in Beirut’s southern suburbs, shortly after Hezbollah and Israel began exchanging cross-border attacks.

The Israeli military said it warned civilians to flee the area before launching an operation it said was aimed at hitting Hezbollah infrastructure. It was the deadliest day of the

The Israeli military said on Monday it was conducting extensive strikes against targets of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, which come amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in nearly a year of conflict.

Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes again Tuesday as the death toll from a massive Israeli bombardment climbed to nearly 560 people and thousands fled from southern Lebanon with the two sides on

Abbas Alawieh's relatives in Lebanon tried to flee to safety as Israel was launching airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in the southern and eastern parts of the country.

Israel and Hezbollah traded heavy strikes on Sept. 23, marking the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon in nearly a year.