IAF fighter jets struck a series of Hezbollah terrorist targets, including a training camp, in the Bekaa Valley of southern Lebanon on Thursday, the IDF reported.
The Bekaa Governorate is located next to the Lebanese border with Syria, north of the Golan Heights.
The IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate had identified terrorist operatives at the training camp who were trained to shoot and use various weapons, the IDF said.
Israeli aircraft also reportedly struck a Hezbollah precision-missile manufacturing site in the area, as well as additional terrorist targets in the Sharbine area of Srobbin in northern Lebanon, it said.
“The storage of weapons, the presence of terrorist infrastructure sites, and conduct of military training against the State of Israel by Hezbollah terrorists constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and pose a threat to the State of Israel,” the IDF said.
IDF kills Hezbollah platoon commander
On Wednesday, the IDF killed Hezbollah Radwan Force platoon commander Issa Ahmad Karbala in a strike in southern Lebanon.
The area where the strike occurred is roughly halfway between the Israeli border and Beirut.
“The terrorist [Karbala] facilitated the transfer of weapons in Lebanon and promoted terrorist attacks against the State of Israel,” the IDF said. “The activities of the terrorist constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.