The Israeli army said on Sunday it had carried out strikes on two Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon.
Israeli forces “struck military infrastructure, including underground infrastructure, at a Hezbollah site in which military activity was identified”, the military said in a statement.
It said that “the existence of the site and the activity within it constitute a violation” of a November ceasefire agreement, which sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
A separate military statement said Israeli forces struck southern Lebanon’s village of Aita Al-Shaab late on Saturday and “destroyed” a building used by Hezbollah.
It added that the building had served as the residence of a Hezbollah member the Israeli military had killed a week earlier, where he was “working to restore Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the area”.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported intense strikes that caused fires and damage, and AFP images showed thick columns of smoke rising into the sky.
Under the November agreement that ended two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon’s army has been deploying in the south and dismantling Hezbollah’s infrastructure with the support of UN peacekeepers.
Israel has kept up its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite the truce, vowing to continue them until the militant group has been disarmed.
Under US pressure, Beirut has ordered the Lebanese army to draw up a plan to take away Hezbollah’s weapons by the end of the year, but the group has vowed to resist the effort.
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