Israeli strikes target south and east Lebanon

Israeli airstrikes targeted Thursday the outskirts of the Sidon district town of Bnaafoul and the Ali al-Taher hill near Nabatieh in south Lebanon and and the Bekaa town of Shmestar in the east.

Al-Manar said the Israeli strike on Shmestar hit a building that had been previously targeted.

Earlier in the day, an Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb off the coast of Ras Naqoura in Southern Lebanon.

Despite a ceasefire reached with Hezbollah in November last year, Israel has kept up its strikes, usually saying it is targeting Hezbollah sites and operatives. It is also still occupying five hills in south Lebanon that it deems "strategic."

On Wednesday an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle on the Siddiqin-Kafra road in the South, killing one person. Later on Wednesday, Israeli artillery shelled the southern border town of Yaroun.