The Israeli army announced this morning that it had struck several targets of the Islamist movement "Hezbollah" in eastern Lebanon overnight, despite a ceasefire in place since late November last year, Agence France-Presse reported.
"Tonight, the Israeli air force struck multiple targets of "Hezbollah" terrorists in the Bekaa Valley that posed a threat", the army announced in a statement on social media, stressing that it "remains committed" to the ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese movement.
One of the targets attacked included "underground infrastructure used to develop and produce weapons", the military said. They said they also struck facilities "on the Syrian-Lebanese border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons destined for Lebanon."
Yesterday, the Israeli army said it had intercepted a Hezbollah drone it said was heading toward Israeli territory. The military condemned the act as a violation of the ceasefire agreement that ended the war between Israel and the pro-Iranian movement on November 27.
The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023, a day after an unprecedented attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas, an ally of the Lebanese movement, sparked a war in the Gaza Strip, AFP recalls.