Israeli army hits several Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon

By Ahmed Asmar

ANKARA (AA) — The Israeli army on Monday said its jets struck several targets of the Hezbollah group in southern Lebanon.

In a statement, the army said it airstrikes targeted a building used by Hezbollah as a weapons storage site, as well as other military targets in the town of Ayta al-Shaab and in the mountainous Hamames area.

Hezbollah has yet to comment on the statement.

Tension has flared between Lebanese group Hezbollah and Israel along the shared border since the Oct. 7 cross-border incursion by Palestinian group Hamas, triggering the war in Gaza.

The current escalation is said to be the deadliest since the 2006 Lebanon War.