Hezbollah fighters also targeted Israeli gatherings at the outskirts of Lebanese border towns of Markaba (the eastern neighborhood), Maroun Al-Ras (Kheil Height) and Ayta Al-Shaab (Khallet Warde), according to the sixth, eighth and ninth statements.

Israel said late on Sunday it was preparing attacks on sites linked to the financial operations of Lebanon's Hezbollah group within hours and told residents to leave those areas immediately, as it intensified assaults there and in Gaza.

Israel has launched overnight strikes in Lebanon targeting "dozens" of locations used by Hezbollah to finance its operations. Meanwhile, Israel has reportedly given the US its conditions for a diplomatic solution to end the war in Lebanon last week.

The Israeli Defence Minister told troops Sunday that the military was targetting places that Hezbollah 'planned to use as launchpads for attacks against Israel.' The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon accused Israel of 'deliberately' destroying an observation tower in southern Lebanon.

Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south and east.

The Israeli Defense Forces began conducting airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday targeting financial institutions linked to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Israel has intensified its military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon days after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar raised hopes of a cease-fire.

The strikes mark an expansion of the Israeli campaign against the Iran-backed group after a year of cross-border exchanges that escalated in late September into a full-blown war

Israel began bombing Lebanese branches of an association accused of financing the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, Lebanese state media reported late Sunday, a further escalation of Israel's nearly month-long war against the militants.