Israeli Airstrikes Target Hezbollah Sites in Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes targeted Hezbollah infrastructure across southern and eastern Lebanon on Friday, striking weapons depots and a training complex used by the group's elite Radwan Force, the Israeli military announced. The operations, which took place in the Nabatiyeh and Jezzine districts in the south and the Hermel district in the east, aimed to neutralize sites the military described as advancing threats against Israeli forces and civilians.

The strikes marked the latest in a series of near-daily Israeli operations since a U.S.-backed ceasefire took effect in November 2024, ending more than a year of cross-border hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah. That conflict had erupted in October 2023 following Hamas's attack on Israel. Under the truce, both sides agreed to halt attacks, with Lebanon tasked to prevent armed groups from targeting Israel and Israel committing to end offensive actions. The Lebanese army was to disarm Hezbollah south of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the border, by the end of the year.

No casualties were immediately reported from Friday's strikes, according to Lebanese media and health officials. The Israeli military stated...