The Israel Defense Forces announced early on Monday morning that they had conducted “intelligence-based strikes on a number of Hezbollah terror targets in Lebanon.”
The Israeli military said that before the strikes were carried out, “the threat posed by the targets to the Israeli home front and IDF troops was presented to the monitoring mechanism of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
However, it also claimed that those threats “were not addressed.”
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) targeted a rocket launcher site, a military installation, and routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported several Israeli airstrikes throughout the country, including Janta in the eastern Baalbek region, and near Nabatiya in the south.
Hezbollah-affiliated news sites also reported strikes in the areas of Deir El Zahrani and Houmine El Faouqa in the Nabatiya region, as well as in the Bekaa Valley.
The strikes come just days after U.S. Special Envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly promised Lebanese leaders that Israel would complete its withdrawal of troops before the Jan. 26 deadline set by the ceasefire deal.
According to the terms of that deal, Hezbollah must fully withdraw all of its forces and weapons north of the Litani River by Jan. 26, while the IDF must similarly withdraw its ground troops from the southern Lebanese territory by the same date.
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