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Israel carried out strikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, with its military saying it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets despite a fragile ceasefire between the two sides.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it struck Hezbollah targets across several areas, adding that “approximately 70 military structures and approximately 50 Hezbollah infrastructure sites were dismantled.”
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency also reported a series of Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army had earlier issued evacuation warnings for nine southern villages.
The attacks have become a regular occurrence despite the ceasefire, with Israel and Hezbollah accusing each other of violations.
Hezbollah claimed several attacks targeting Israeli troops.
The group said the attacks were in response to ceasefire “violations.”
Israel has continued deadly strikes on Lebanon despite the April 17 ceasefire, which sought to halt more than six weeks of war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The ceasefire text gives Israel the right to act against “planned, imminent or ongoing attacks.”
Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal met Saturday with visiting U.S. Gen. Joseph Clearfield, the head of a five-member committee tasked with monitoring a 2024 ceasefire meant to end the previous war between Israel and Hezbollah.
They discussed “the security situation in Lebanon, regional developments, and ways to maximise the effectiveness of the committee and enhance its operations,” according to a Lebanese army statement.
Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,600 people in Lebanon and displaced more than 1 million since Hezbollah drew the country into the Middle East war on March 2 in support of Iran.
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