Overview
- Israel’s military said it hit weapons storage facilities, a weapons production site, launch sites, rocket launchers and military structures in several areas of Lebanon.
- Lebanon’s National News Agency reported strikes in southern areas far from the border and in the Bekaa region, with no immediate casualties reported from Friday’s attacks.
- The raids came a day after the Lebanese army said it had achieved the objectives of the first phase of clearing Hezbollah’s armed presence south of the Litani and planned to extend the process.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called the Lebanese steps an encouraging beginning but insufficient, reiterating that the ceasefire requires Hezbollah’s full disarmament.
- Lebanese media said an Israeli strike on Thursday killed one person near Sidon, which the Israeli army described as targeting a Hezbollah operative, and Israel has kept troops in five strategic positions in southern Lebanon.