The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that it conducted a wave of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure across Lebanon.
As part of the strikes carried out on Saturday, the Israeli Army struck launch sites in the Al-Qatrani area in southern Lebanon, from which Hezbollah militants planned to launch rockets imminently, the IDF said in a statement.
It noted that the IDF also dismantled Hezbollah elite Radwan Force command centres in Beirut, from which militants allegedly launched attacks on Israel, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Israeli army also issued immediate forced evacuation orders for residents in several neighbourhoods in the Lebanese capital.
In a statement, Israeli Army Spokesman Avichay Adraee urged residents of Haret Hreik, Ghobeiry, Laylaki, Hadath, Burj al-Barajneh, Tahwitat al-Ghadir, and Shiyah "to leave immediately and not to return until further notice," the Anadolu news agency reported.
He said the Israeli army would "forcefully operate" in these areas, citing what he called Hezbollah activities in the neighbourhoods.
Adraee threatened "to target anyone present near Hezbollah facilities, personnel, or military equipment in those locations".
According to Lebanon's Health Ministry, Israeli air raids have killed 826 people in Lebanon since the start of the latest war, which began on March 2.
Hezbollah said on Sunday it was also targeting several Israeli troop positions in villages close to the border.
Hezbollah claimed several drone and missile strikes on Israeli sites on Sunday, as regional escalation continues to widen following a US-Israeli attack on Iran.
In separate statements, the group said the attacks were carried out "in response to the Israeli aggression" targeting dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including Beirut's southern suburbs.
The group added that it fired a rocket barrage at the Israeli settlement of Nahariya, and an air defence system in the Ma'alot-Tarshiha area in northern Israel.
Hezbollah said its fighters also shelled gatherings of Israeli soldiers at the Jabiyah point opposite the Lebanese border town of Meiss El Jabal, and at the Hadbat al-Ajl position north of the Kfar Yuval settlement.
A large rocket barrage also targeted Israeli soldiers gathered in Khallet al-Mahafir on the outskirts of the border town of Adaisseh in southern Lebanon and at the Avivim barracks, the group said, adding that another attack hit the Rafael military industries complex north of the Krayot area in northern Israel.
Hezbollah also claimed a drone strike on Israeli military vehicles near Adaisseh, and the Palmachim Airbase south of Tel Aviv, about 140 km from the Lebanese border.
Hostilities have escalated since February 28 when Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran, killing around 1,200 people, including then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has proposed negotiations with Israel. But Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Sunday that there were no plans to hold direct talks with Lebanon in the coming days.
Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday that Israel and Lebanon were expected to hold direct talks.
French President Emmanuel Macron said last week the Lebanese government was ready to engage in "direct talks" with Israel as he offered to host negotiations in Paris, warning that "everything must be done to prevent Lebanon from descending into chaos".
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently said Lebanese people have been "dragged into" a war, as he called for an end to the fighting amid Israel's continued assault on several areas of the country.
Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq, and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.
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