Renewed Israeli airstrikes target same southern regions

Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted the al-Zighrin area on the eastern outskirts of the Jezzine district town of al-Rihan, the National News Agency said.

The stream of the al-Khardali River was also targeted by several airstrikes in the al-Mahmoudiyeh area, NNA added.

The Israeli army claimed that the strikes had targeted “several Hezbollah infrastructure sites and a rocket launchpad.”

Israel has repeatedly bombed the aforementioned areas since the November ceasefire came into effect.

Since the war ended with a U.S.-brokered agreement, Hezbollah officials have said the group will not discuss its disarmament until Israel withdraws from five hills it controls inside Lebanon and stops almost daily airstrikes that have killed or wounded hundreds of people, most of them Hezbollah members.

Lebanon is under U.S. pressure to disarm Hezbollah after the group fought a 14-month war with Israel and was left gravely weakened, with many of its political and military leaders killed.