Israel carried out strikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, with its military claiming to have hit dozens of Hezbollah targets.
The Israeli attacks have become a regular occurrence, despite a ceasefire which has theoretically been in place since 16 April.
In a statement, the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah targets, adding that “approximately 70 military structures and approximately 50 Hezbollah infrastructure sites were dismantled across several areas” on Saturday.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) also reported a series of Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army had earlier ordered residents of nine southern villages to leave their homes.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, claimed several attacks targeting Israeli troops, saying they were in response to Israeli ceasefire violations.
Israel has kept up deadly strikes on Lebanon despite the ceasefire that sought to halt more than six weeks of war between it and Hezbollah.
The ceasefire text says Israel can act against “planned, imminent or ongoing attacks”.
Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal on Saturday met with visiting US General Joseph Clearfield, the head of a five-member committee in charge of monitoring a 2024 ceasefire meant to put an end to the last war between Israel and Hezbollah.
They discussed “the security situation in Lebanon, regional developments, and ways to maximise the effectiveness of the (committee) and enhance its operations”, according to a Lebanese army statement.
Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,600 people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million since the US-Israeli war on Iran spilled over into Lebanon on March 2.
