On Monday, Israel attacked several Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon, while the Iran-backed movement fired drones and missiles at northern Israel.
In the coastal city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, a building next to one of the city's hospitals was destroyed. The attack also hit the hospital and, according to the newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour, parts of it were destroyed, including a morgue.
At 4 p.m., Israel called on residents of al-Dahiya, which forms the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, to immediately leave the area.
The call came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered renewed attacks in the area. In a joint statement, the ministers said the order followed repeated ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
Trump: Spoke with Hezbollah
US President Donald Trump later on Monday claimed he had spoken with representatives of Hezbollah and that the Shiite militia had agreed to stop attacking Israel if Israel stopped attacking them.
In the same post on Truth Social, Trump stated, after talks with Netanyahu, that no Israeli soldiers were on their way to Beirut - something that Israel has never claimed.
"I spoke with President Trump tonight and told him that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and citizens, Israel will attack terrorist targets in Beirut," Netanyahu said in a statement later Monday evening.
There had not yet been any attack on Beirut.
Iran demands a halt
Lebanese health authorities said on Monday that a total of more than 3,400 people have been killed and 10,400 injured in Israeli attacks since operations in Lebanon were escalated on March 2.
The announced attacks come hours before the UN Security Council in New York gathers for an emergency meeting due to Israel's advance on the front lines in Lebanon.
On Monday, Iran decided to stop all communication with the United States, according to the state news agency Tasnim, citing Israel's attacks on Lebanon.
