Israel bombs buildings in Sohmor, threatens Mashghara after evacuation warnings

The Israeli army on Thursday issued evacuation warnings for two buildings in West Bekaa's Mashghara after bombing two threatened buildings in Sohmor, also in West Bekaa, after similar warnings.

"Urgent warning to the residents of South Lebanon, specifically in the village of Sohmor," the military's Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee wrote on X.

"The (Israeli military) will attack Hezbollah terrorist military infrastructure in the near future to address prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the region," Adraee said.

The strikes and evacuation warnings come a week after the Lebanese military said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River, the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel has called those efforts insufficient.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in response that the ceasefire "states clearly, Hezbollah must be fully disarmed."

Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon despite a November 2024 ceasefire.

On Sunday, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported "a series of violent Israeli strikes" on Jezzine, Mahmoudiyeh and al-Dimashqiyeh, as well as "more than 10 strikes" on al-Bureij, all in southern Lebanon.