A scene Israel had hoped it left behind: people on the beach running for cover as projectiles fall into the sea. The footage from the beach in Nahariya, in the country's north, shows panic amid explosions - the first rocket strike on that town after nearly a month of quiet.

Over the weekend, Hezbollah launched "dozens of projectiles and drones" toward northern Israel. Between Friday night and Saturday, 10 to 15 projectiles were fired; one hit the centre of Kiryat Shmona directly, and Karmiel was also struck - Hezbollah's most distant target since the ceasefire began.

The attacks come after Israel expanded military operations into Lebanese territory and announced an intensification of its campaign against the organisation. The ceasefire that held for about a month, it seems, is once again just a pause between two rounds. The "Iron Dome" intercepted some of the projectiles; the rest fell into unpopulated areas - this time with no casualties.

"This time with no casualties" is a sentence that keeps repeating until, one day, it stops being true. The Balkans know that rhythm of lulls that aren't peace, but only waiting - when the siren becomes as much a part of summer as the beach. How many such "first strikes after a month" does it take before someone admits the war never actually stopped?