The Israel Air Force confirmed it struck several military sites in Lebanese territory containing rocket launchers and weapons and where Hezbollah activity had been identified on Sunday.
It had earlier conducted a strike on “several armed terrorists” who were moving toward IDF positions in southern Gaza on Sunday, according to the military, while a senior Hezbollah terrorist was killed in a drone strike in southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Saturday night.
These airstrikes were conducted amid violations of the ceasefires between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists, respectively.
The Hamas Interior Ministry said the airstrike killed “three policemen” while they were “securing a humanitarian aid convoy east of Rafah,” according to Walla.
Reports later detailed that the Lebanon strike occurred in Jarjouaa, north of Nabatieh.
They also identified the Hezbollah terrorist as Abbas Ahmad Hamoud, one of the commanders of Hezbollah’s air force, who was responsible for many of Hezbollah’s drone strikes into Israel.
Hamoud violated the ceasefire agreement on numerous occasions, the IDF stated, as he was firing unmanned aerial weapons toward Israeli territory.
Defense Minister Israel Katz responded to the incident, saying, “As I warned – if there are drones, there will be no Hezbollah. We will not allow a reality of drone launches toward the State of Israel.”
During the ceasefire, Hezbollah’s aerial forces, known as Unit 127, have been responsible for firing surveillance drones at Israel.
Potentially additional casualties
Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen stated that two had been “martyred” and three others injured. The IDF has not commented on other alleged casualties at the time of writing.