Quote:The Israel Defense Forces carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon late Thursday night, saying it targeted Hezbollah terror group facilities.

The sites hit by fighter jets were used by Iran-backed Hezbollah to store weapons and launchers and had “posed a direct threat to the Israeli home front,” the military said.

The strikes took place near the towns of Yohmor, Deir Siryan, Yater, and Zibqin in southern Lebanon, according to local reports.


According to the IDF, Hezbollah activity at the sites “constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”

The strikes came at the same time that pro-Hezbollah protesters — some hundreds, according to local reports cited in Hebrew media — clashed with the Lebanese army in Beirut, after aviation authorities reportedly informed an Iranian passenger flight that it would not be permitted to land in Lebanon, after the IDF said Iran was using such flights to smuggle cash to Hezbollah.