Series of Israeli strikes target east and south Lebanon
Israeli strikes targeted Thursday heights in Jouroud al-Hermel in eastern Lebanon and several other regions in the south.
In the east, the strikes targeted Zaghrine. In the south, the Israeli military struck Iqlim al-Tuffah, al-Jabbour and al-Rihan heights, and Zawtar near the Litani river.
Despite the November 2024 ceasefire that was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon and has also maintained troops in five southern areas it deems "strategic".
The Israeli military said it targeted "terror infrastructure sites in multiple areas across Lebanon" including "a military compound used by Hezbollah to conduct training and courses" for the Iran-backed group's members.
In another statement, the military also said: "A short while ago, the IDF struck a Hezbollah terrorist in the area of Taybeh in southern Lebanon."
Lebanon's health ministry said four people were wounded in the Taybeh strike.
But the NNA reported that the strike wounded several employees in Lebanon's state electricity company, as their truck was passing next to the targeted vehicle.
The attacks come as the ceasefire monitoring committee, which includes the United States and France, are set to meet on Friday.
On Tuesday, two people were killed in Israeli strikes, one of them 30 kilometers south of Beirut.
Around 340 people have been killed by Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the ceasefire agreement went into force, according to an AFP tally of health ministry reports.
Source: Naharnet, Agence France Presse
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