Israel army announces new strikes on Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon

The Israeli military said it had launched new air strikes on Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Thursday evening, after top officials flatly rejected a US-backed call for a 21-day ceasefire.

“The [Israeli military] is currently striking Hezbollah terror targets in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement.

Israel’s Air Force has struck about 220 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon the past day, the military said.

It said that among the targets that were struck were infrastructure sites, launchers from which projectiles were fired toward Israeli territory, Hezbollah operatives and weapons storage facilities in Lebanon.

“The [Israeli army] is continuing to operate to degrade and dismantle Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities and infrastructure,” it said.