Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the hilltops of the al-Rihane mountain in southern Lebanon. AFP
In the south, the strikes hit open areas near Kfarfila, Sujud, Houmine al-Fawqa and Deir al-Zahrani in the Iqlim al-Tuffah region, as well as the al-Bissariyeh area near Sidon, Naharnet reported.
Raids also targeted the outskirts of al-Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa Valley and the al-Jabbour hills in western Bekaa.
Al Arabiya said Israel carried out 30 strikes. No casualties were immediately reported.
A ceasefire reached in November 2024 between Beirut and Tel Aviv failed to end Israeli strikes on Lebanon or the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the south of the country.
However, under the guise of targeting Hezbollah positions, Israel has repeatedly violated the truce with daily strikes on the country, destroying infrastructure on a wide scale and killing more than 340 people since the ceasefire, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
In tandem, Israel also continues to occupy five areas in southern Lebanon in breach of the US-brokered agreement.
The latest Israeli strikes came a day after the Lebanese army said it had “achieved the objectives of the first phase” of its plan to deploy south of the Litani River, about 30 km (20 miles) from the Israeli border, in what it described as an “effective and tangible” step toward a state monopoly on arms.
Beirut has condemned repeated Israeli strikes on the country and demanded a full Israeli withdrawal as stipulated under the November 2024 ceasefire.
For its part, Hezbollah has accused Israel of harbouring a goal of a permanent occupation of Lebanese territories.
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