Israel bombs Bekaa hills and southern valley after drone strike kills 1 in South
The Health Ministry said an Israeli strike in the country's south on Thursday killed one person, the latest raid despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
"An Israeli enemy drone strike targeted a motorcycle on the Ain Baal-Bazouriyeh road, killing one person," the Ministry said in a statement, referring to an area in south Lebanon's Tyre district.
Later on Thursday, a wave of Israeli airstrikes targeted the mountainous area between the outskirts of Janta and Qousaya in the Bekaa, near Syria's border, Lebanon's National News Agency said. The Israeli army said the strikes targeted "infrastructure inside a site for producing and storing strategic weapons for Hezbollah."
A few hours later, violent Israeli airstrikes targeted a valley between the southern towns of Ansar and al-Zrariyeh, NNA added. The Israeli army said the strike targeted “Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure.”
Israel has continued to carry out attacks on Lebanon, usually saying it is targeting Hezbollah operatives or sites, despite a November truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of open war with the Iran-backed group.
Thursday's strikes came after a raid Tuesday in the Jiye area between Sidon and Beirut wounded a Hezbollah member, according to a security source, and after strikes on eastern Lebanon on Monday killed five people, with Israel saying it targeted Hezbollah sites.
Under heavy U.S. pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government last month ordered the military to draw up a plan to disarm the once-dominant Hezbollah, and has since said the army would begin the plan's implementation.
Thursday's raids came as French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian visited Lebanon for talks with senior officials.
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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