Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett reports an apparent increase in Israeli military activity in Lebanon.

“We’ve seen a steady drumbeat of Israeli strikes, of Israel demolishing houses inside the part of southern Lebanon that it has been occupying and continued artillery shelling as well,” she says.

“There is a pattern that we have seen continuing today, as well as fire from Hezbollah, whether that’s through explosive drones or rocket fire, at Israeli troops who are inside southern Lebanon or across the border.”

Pett reports that in response to Hezbollah targeting the Menara, Margaliot and Misgav Am areas with rockets, there has been a sustained campaign of aerial bombardment.

“There have been multiple strikes on towns north of Bint Jbeil, and one of them killed two people and injured 17 others,” she adds.

“A couple of hours after that, we heard rounds of artillery shelling on the towns and villages near the city of Tyre coming in every seven to eight seconds. The impact of those was north of what Israel calls the ‘Yellow Line’ or the ‘forward defence line’, which is the part of southern Lebanon that Israel is seeking to control by firing on anything or anyone that moves.”