Hezbollah has declared that it has entered an "open-ended battle of reckoning" with Israel, following a series of rocket attacks targeting northern Israel. This escalation comes as world powers call for both sides to exercise restraint and avoid plunging into full-scale war. In a marked intensification of hostilities, Israeli warplanes conducted their most extensive bombardment of southern Lebanon in nearly a year. In response, Hezbollah launched its most significant rocket strikes into Israel since the onset of the Gaza conflict. The United Nations has warned that the region is on the "brink of imminent catastrophe" as tensions continue to rise between the two sides.