The Israeli military's (IDF) chief of staff told troops that today's barrage of airstrikes was in preparation for a possible ground offensive into Lebanon.
It had earlier said it was calling up two reserve brigades to the northern border, as the United States and others urge against an expansion of its conflict with Hezbollah.
A new wave of "extensive strikes" by the Israeli military in southern Lebanon has displaced more than 90,000 people and killed more than 600 people.
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