The strikes occurred despite an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. According to Anadolu Agency, Israel targeted the cities of Zrariyeh, Zibqin, Al-Qlaiaah, Jannata, Deir Qanoun Al Naher, and Maaroub in southern Lebanon.

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to pay their respects to Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iran-backed group.

The ceremony at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium drew delegations from 70 countries, including Iran, Xinhua news agency reported quoting Lebanese broadcaster al-Jadeed.

Thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for Hassan Nasrallah's funeral this weekend.

Hours before the funeral, Israel launched airstrikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah rocket launchers, further escalating tensions.

Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital.

The Israeli army has released videos of the deadly bombing raid on the bunker of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, which killed him, on the day of his official funeral. Other leading members of the Iranian-backed Shiite militia were also killed in the massive airstrike in a suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 27.

Hezbollah carried out a public funeral on Sunday for its slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, attended by tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians, nearly five months after he was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike.