Iran live updates: White House calls on other nations to secure Strait of Hormuz

After the Israel Defense Forces on Monday announced a "limited and targeted" ground operation in southern Lebanon, Israel's Ministry of Defense said that "hundreds of thousands of Shiite residents of South Lebanon who have been evacuated" cannot "return to their homes south of the Litani region until the safety of the residents of the north is guaranteed."

Over 831,000 Lebanese people have registered themselves as internally displaced, with 130,715 of them in shelters, according to the country's Disaster Management Unit.

Since the war began, 850 people have been killed in Lebanon, including 105 children and 66 women, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt talked about President Donald Trump's call for other nations to help protect the Strait of Hormuz in a gaggle with reporters and an appearance on Fox News on Monday.

Leavitt said Trump wants allies to "step up" and do more for the security of the Strait of Hormuz "because these other countries are benefiting greatly from the United States military taking out the threat of Iran."

"These countries are absolutely benefiting from ensuring that Iran can never obtain a nuclear weapon," Leavitt told reporters.

"So I think the president is absolutely right to call on these countries to do more to help the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, so that we can stop this terrorist regime from restricting the free flow of energy, and the fact that they are doing so just underscores why President Trump needed to take this action in the first place," she told reporters.

Leavitt also provided an update on the current state of the war, saying the U.S. "continues to totally decimate the rogue Iranian terrorist regime."

"We've now hit more than 7,000 targets. We've sunk more than 100 of their naval vessels. We are completely annihilating their Navy ,and their ballistic missile and drone strikes against the United States are down 95%," she told Fox News.

Dubai International Airport began resuming some flights on Monday morning after a drone impact had sparked a fire nearby, airport and city officials said.

"Dubai Airports confirms the gradual resumption of some flights to and from Dubai International (DXB) to selected destinations, following the temporary suspension implemented as a precautionary measure," a Dubai Airports spokesperson said, according to an alert on the airport's website.

The Dubai Media Office said hours earlier that authorities were responding to an incident involving a drone near the airport. Firefighters had been battling a blaze, the office said.

"Dubai Civil Defence teams have successfully contained the fire resulting from impact to one of the fuel tanks in the vicinity of Dubai International Airport," the office said early on Monday on social media. "No injuries have been reported."

Some flights were diverted to Al Maktoum International Airport, the office said.

The Israel Defense Forces launched "limited and targeted" ground operations in southern Lebanon, Israel said on Monday, saying the military was targeting "key Hezbollah strongholds."

"This activity is part of broader defensive efforts to establish and strengthen a forward defensive posture, which includes the dismantling of terrorist infrastructure and the elimination of terrorists operating in the area, to create an additional layer of security for residents of northern Israel," the IDF said on social media.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an IDF spokesperson, said in a briefing that Israeli troops were on Monday operating in new areas farther into southern Lebanon. A week ago the IDF said it had taken five "hardened positions" in Lebanon along Israel's northern border with the country.

Shoshani said Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, has fired around 1,000 rockets and drones at Israel over the past two weeks. He said Hezbollah was "expanding" its attacks into Israel and the IDF needed to respond.

He reiterated Israel's political goal that Hezbollah "cannot be an armed group" and echoed a phrase previously heard from Israel's political leadership, saying that "one way or another" Israel is committed to achieving that goal.