Israel carried out a series of powerful airstrikes on mountainous areas in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting what it described as Hezbollah military sites.
According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency, Israeli warplanes unleashed “a series of violent strikes” on the eastern mountain range in the Bekaa Valley, near the border with Syria. The agency added that two additional strikes hit the Hermel range in Lebanon’s northeast.
The Israeli military confirmed the attacks, saying its fighter jets targeted Hezbollah sites in eastern and northern Lebanon, including “a military camp and a facility used for producing precision missiles” in the Bekaa region.
In an official statement, the Israel Defense Forces said it had “struck several terrorist targets,” among them a Hezbollah training camp and military infrastructure tied to missile production. The statement also mentioned a strike on a Hezbollah military installation in the Sharbin area of northern Lebanon.
These latest strikes mark a sharp escalation, coming despite a ceasefire agreement reached in November that ended more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah — a conflict that had culminated in two months of intense warfare.
Under the terms of that ceasefire, Israeli forces were to withdraw from southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah was expected to dismantle its military presence in the region.
However, tensions remain high. Under U.S. pressure and amid fears of renewed escalation, the Lebanese government has begun efforts to disarm Hezbollah, a move strongly opposed by the group and its political allies.
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