Israel strikes southern Lebanon (VIDEO)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it carried out airstrikes on several Hezbollah-linked targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday.

The latest strikes come amid ongoing border tensions between Israel and Lebanon.

The operation was launched in response to “violations of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the military said in a statement.

According to the IDF, Hezbollah military sites in the Bir al-Sansal area and the Bekaa Valley were hit. The military said Jawad Basma, whom it described as a Hezbollah operative involved in weapons manufacturing, was killed.

In a separate statement, the Israeli military said it also killed Muhammad al-Husseini, whom it identified as Hezbollah’s artillery commander, in the village of Arzoun. IDF spokesman Avichay Adraee said al-Husseini also worked as a school teacher.

Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said several villages in southern Lebanon, including Bouslaiya and Aita al-Shaab, were targeted in the latest wave of attacks. The Lebanese Health Ministry said a strike on a warehouse in Khirbet Selm, in the Bint Jbeil district, left at least one person dead and another injured.

NNA also said another person was killed in a separate strike in Derdghaya, east of the southern coastal city of Tyre.

Both countries continue to accuse each other of breaching ceasefire arrangements, raising concerns about renewed escalation.

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