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Explosions were heard in the Beit Lif area of southern Lebanon, Al-Akhbar reported.
By SAM HALPERN JANUARY 2, 2025 19:34 Updated: JANUARY 2, 2025 20:34The Israeli air force struck medium-range rocket launchers belonging to the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon, the IDF stated on Thursday evening. The air force also reportedly struck additional rocket launchers next to a military site in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.
The IAF strike was conducted under the direction of the Military Intelligence Directorate.
According to the military, before the strikes were conducted, Israel asked the Lebanese Armed Forces to address the issue, as per the current ceasefire agreement. The Lebanese army did not do so, the IDF noted.
"The IDF continues to act to remove any threat to the State of Israel in accordance with the ceasefire understandings," the military stated.
Earlier local reports
The IDF statement confirmed an earlier report from the Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which stated that Israel had struck targets in Al-Bureij Forest in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.
Further, explosions were heard in the Beit Lif area of southern Lebanon, Al-Akhbar reported. Later, the outlet claimed that Israel had struck the Ar-Rihan mountain, also in south Lebanon.
Israel has struck a number of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon since the start of the ceasefire. The IDF notes that its activities are in accordance with the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement.
On Wednesday, Israel struck and destroyed a Pantsir missile system in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. That day, the Israel Air Force struck a weapons storage facility in south Lebanon's Bani Haiyyan, where IDF soldiers identified Hezbollah terrorists moving weapons into a nearby truck.
This is a developing story.
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