The Israeli army said it was conducting operations against Hezbollah following what it described as violations of the ceasefire agreement and warned civilians that anyone near Hezbollah fighters or facilities could be at risk.

In a statement, the military said it had dismantled “approximately 70 military structures and approximately 50 Hezbollah infrastructure sites” across several areas in southern Lebanon on Saturday.

The strikes marked one of the heaviest waves of Israeli attacks since the April 17 ceasefire, which was intended to halt more than six weeks of direct confrontation between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported multiple Israeli strikes across the south, including attacks in the Tyre district town of Sammaiyeh where at least three people were killed.Earlier, the Israeli military had issued two evacuation warnings covering nine southern villages, signaling broader operational activity near the border.

Hezbollah said it had launched several attacks targeting Israeli troops in response to what it called repeated Israeli ceasefire violations, underscoring the continuing volatility despite formal truce arrangements.Under the ceasefire text, Israel retains the right to act against what it describes as “planned, imminent or ongoing attacks,” a provision that has remained a major source of dispute between both sides.

Israeli strikes have become a near-daily occurrence since Hezbollah entered the regional conflict on March 2 by firing rockets toward Israel in support of its ally Iran, drawing Lebanon deeper into the broader Middle East war.

Since then, more than 2,600 people have been killed in Lebanon and over one million displaced, according to Lebanese authorities, with much of the destruction concentrated in the south and Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Lebanese officials continue to argue that repeated Israeli strikes undermine the ceasefire and risk pushing the conflict back toward full-scale war.In a parallel diplomatic effort, Lebanese army chief General Rodolphe Haykal met on Saturday with visiting U.S. General Joseph Clearfield, who heads the five-member committee tasked with monitoring the separate 2024 ceasefire framework established after the last major Israel-Hezbollah war.

According to a Lebanese army statement, the two discussed Lebanon’s security situation, broader regional developments and ways to improve the effectiveness of the monitoring mechanism.The committee remains central to efforts by the United States and regional actors to prevent further escalation as violence tied to the wider Iran-Israel confrontation continues to spill across multiple fronts.

Authorities said the damaged site at Isfahan University of Technology, one of Iran’s largest higher education institutions, would be converted into a permanent museum following strikes in March that hit the campus during the broader U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran.

“The current damaged site will be preserved as a war museum at the university to remain a document of the country’s scientific oppression in history,” Zafarollah Kalantari, head of the university, said on Saturday, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Kalantari said separate land had been allocated for the construction of a new academic building and the installation of advanced replacement equipment to restore the university’s research and teaching capacity.

Initial assessments estimated damage to the university’s buildings and facilities at around $11 million, he added.The university, located in the central city of Isfahan, was among dozens of educational institutions affected by the strikes launched during the war that began in late February and expanded across multiple fronts in the region.

Iranian officials have said more than 30 universities across the country were hit during the conflict, including campuses in Tehran, alongside residential neighborhoods and other civilian infrastructure.

The strikes formed part of a broader campaign by the United States and Israel targeting what Washington and Tel Aviv described as strategic military and nuclear-linked infrastructure, though Iranian authorities have repeatedly said civilian and academic institutions were also heavily affected.

The conflict triggered significant regional instability before a ceasefire took effect on April 8, temporarily halting direct hostilities but leaving diplomatic tensions and reconstruction challenges unresolved.

Iran has increasingly framed the damage to universities and research facilities as evidence of what it calls international attempts to suppress its scientific and technological development, using such sites as symbols of national resilience and resistance.

The decision to preserve the damaged section of Isfahan University reflects that broader political message, turning the remains of the strike into both a memorial and a state narrative of wartime loss.