Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater on August 25, 2024, amid escalations in the ongoing cross-border tensions. AFP
"Approximately 100 IAF fighter jets ... struck and destroyed thousands of Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels that were located and embedded in southern Lebanon," the military said in a statement.
"Most of these launchers were aimed toward northern Israel and some were aimed toward central Israel."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday "to do everything" to ensure the security of residents of northern Israel after the military launched air strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
"We are determined to do everything to protect our country, return the residents of the north safely to their homes and continue to follow a simple rule: whoever hurts us, we hurt them," Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.
Hezbollah said its military operation against Israeli positions on Sunday was "completed" after announcing a large-scale attack with rockets and drones and denying "claims" that Israel had thwarted the attack.
"Our military operation today is completed and accomplished," the group said in a statement.
Israeli "claims of pre-emptive action it carried out... and the thwarting of the resistance's attack are empty claims", it added.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's health ministry said one person was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the country's south after Israel launched what it called pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah.
An "Israeli drone strike on a car in the village of Khiam" killed one person, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the National News Agency.
The Amal movement, a Hezbollah ally, later announced a fighter from Khiam had been killed.
The ministry also reported two people including a Syrian man were wounded in "a series of Israeli raids" in the south, the NNA said.
Israel's Civil Aviation Authority announced Sunday the resumption of flights to and from the country's main international airport after a brief suspension as the Israeli military struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Operations at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv resumed at 7:00 am (0400 GMT), spokesman Roy Steinmetz said, adding that "planes diverted to other airports will also take off from Ben Gurion again."
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