The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in Lebanon in an effort to "crush" Hezbollah.

The airstrikes come as the United States and Iran seek to finalize the terms of an agreement to end the Middle East conflict, which could include the Lebanon front, where Israel and Hezbollah have waged war since March 2.

Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said in a limited security meeting on Sunday night that "buildings in Beirut should be attacked in response to Hezbollah's drone attacks," Israel's public broadcaster quoted informed sources as saying.

Israel's military warned residents of 10 villages, most of them in southern Lebanon, on Monday to evacuate their homes ahead of expected strikes against alleged Hezbollah targets.

"In light of Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces (army) are compelled to operate against it with force," the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said in a social media post, listing the names of the villages.

A draft MOU reached between Iran and the U.S. also "makes clear that the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon would end," U.S. news portal Axios reported.

French President's special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian has warned of "a dangerous situation" in Lebanon, pointing out to divisions inside the country, regarding Israel and Hezbollah.

In an interview Thursday, Le Drian said Lebanon's unity and integrity are at risk, citing the Israeli occupation and accusing Hezbollah of being an Iranian proxy and choosing Iran's interests over Lebanon's.

The United States on Thursday sanctioned Hezbollah MPs Hassan Fadlallah, Hussein al-Hajj Hassan and Ibrahim al-Moussawi; Hezbollah official and ex-minister Mohammad Fneish, Amal Movement security officials Ahmad Baalbaki and Ali Safawi, Lebanese Army intelligence officer Samer Hamadi and General Security officer Khattar Nassereddine, and Iranian Ambassador-designate to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani, accusing them of enabling Hezbollah.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has said that Lebanon should devise a national security strategy document and Hezbollah's weapons "should be part of it."

Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc urged on Thursday Arab and foreign embassies to inform their governments of the daily Israeli aggressions, over the course of fifteen months, since a truce was reached in November 2024.

"That agreement obligated both sides to cease all forms of hostilities and mandated the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the territories it occupied in southern Lebanon. While Lebanon has strictly adhered to this agreement, the Israeli side has continued its daily aggressions," the letter said.

Israeli strikes targeted Thursday Touline, al-Ghandouriyeh, Yater, Srifa, al-Mansouri, and the Toura-Jannata road, while artillery shelled Qabrikha, Baraashit, and Kfardounine in south Lebanon and troops detonated houses in the border town of Khiam.

A drone later targeted a motorbike in Froun, killing one person.

Hezbollah said Wednesday its fighters were engaged in clashes with a force of Israeli soldiers that repeatedly tried to advance from the southern border town of Rshaf towards Haddatha.

The group said in a statement that the Israeli force had tried to enter Haddatha three times in one week amid fierce resistance.