The Israeli Air Force carried out an overnight strike on Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure site in eastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, the military said on Friday.
The site contained weapons and showed signs of efforts by Hezbollah to rebuild it after previous IDF strikes, according to the army statement.
The Israeli military “will continue to take act to remove any threat to the State of Israel and will prevent any attempt by the Hezbollah terrorist organization to establish itself,” the brief Hebrew statement added.
The situation in Lebanon remains volatile following the expiration of the ceasefire on Feb. 18. The deal ended more than a year of war, after Hezbollah began attacking Israel the day after Hamas’s massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.
The terms of the Nov. 27 ceasefire agreement between Jerusalem and Beirut required Hezbollah to vacate all areas south of the Litani River.
Defense Minister Israel Katz has repeatedly warned that the ceasefire deal with Beirut would be void if Iranian-backed Hezbollah refuses to withdraw from Southern Lebanon as required by the agreement.
On Thursday afternoon, an Israeli Air Force aircraft struck a Hezbollah terrorist operative in the Beaufort Ridge area, in southeastern Lebanon’s Nabatieh Governorate, the IDF said. He was rehabilitating a site used by Hezbollah to manage its fire and defense array. The activity at the site constitutes a blatant violation of the understanding between Israel and Lebanon, the statement read.
Two days earlier, the IDF killed a senior Hezbollah terrorist who had commanded a compound near the Jewish state’s northern border.
On Monday, an Israeli aircraft killed a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in the Majdal Zoun area, in southwestern Lebanon’s Tyre District, some three miles north of the border with the Jewish state.
The Radwan Force is Hezbollah’s commando unit, aimed at infiltrating Israel and capturing areas near the frontier.