Israel has carried out a fresh wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon, targeting several areas late on Monday night despite an already fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, Israeli fighter jets struck Mount Safi, the city of Jbaa, the Jepta Valley, and areas between Azza and Rumin Arki, damaging several homes.
Al Jazeera reported that the strikes occurred amid growing anger over Israel’s continued breach of the truce that was brokered last year between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a post on X, the Israeli military claimed it had hit multiple Hezbollah facilities, including a special operations training compound used by the elite Radwan Forces. It also said rockets sites and additional buildings were targeted.
No casualties were immediately reported.
The attacks come at a sensitive moment, as both countries recently assigned civilian representatives to a military committee responsible for monitoring the ceasefire — a move made under long-standing U.S. pressure to expand dialogue between the two sides.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Friday that Lebanon had chosen a diplomatic path with Israel, with the goal of halting Israel’s ongoing strikes.
The 2024 U.S.-mediated ceasefire ended more than a year of intense clashes between Israel and Hezbollah. However, Israel has continued conducting near-daily strikes inside Lebanon since then.
A November UN report stated that at least 127 Lebanese civilians, including children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire. UN officials have warned that the continued assaults may amount to war crimes.
Last week, Israel escalated tensions further by killing Hezbollah’s senior military commander Haitham Ali Tabatabai in an airstrike in southern Beirut. Hezbollah has not yet responded.
Israel maintains that Lebanon has failed to take sufficient action to disarm Hezbollah — a claim the Lebanese government denies.
