Israeli army says hit Hezbollah rocket launcher in south Lebanon
The Israeli army said Friday it had struck a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon after detecting militant activity in the area two days after the start of a ceasefire.
"A short while ago, terrorist activity and movement of a Hezbollah portable rocket launcher were identified in southern Lebanon. The threat was thwarted in an (Israeli Air Force) strike", the army said in a statement that featured a video of the air strike on a slowly moving truck.
The strike followed several Israeli military attacks in southern Lebanon earlier in the day, which were reported by the Lebanese state media, and an Israeli drone strike on a Hezbollah weapons depot on Thursday.
There was no immediate comment from the Lebanese army, which has accused Israel of breaking the ceasefire several times since it came into effect.
Earlier in the day, Israeli gunfire wounded two people in Bint Jbeil and opened fire at a funeral in the southern border town of Khiam. The Israeli army also shelled the outskirts of Markaba and Tallousah, and troops advanced in southern border villages to zones where they were not present prior to the truce, bulldozing, blocking roads and uprooting olive trees in Khiam, Markaba and Kfarkila.
Source: Agence France Presse
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