Israeli warplanes hit what it called Hezbollah weapons depots, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure and buildings used by members of the Lebanese group. An entire family perished in a strike on their home in the town of Chaat.
JERUSALEM — Despite an international call for a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, the Israeli army said on Thursday that it struck some 75 targets in Lebanon overnight.
A military statement said warplanes hit what it called Hezbollah weapons depots, rocket launchers, and other military infrastructure and buildings used by members of the Lebanese group.
The army vowed that it would continue airstrikes in Lebanon to destroy what it called Hezbollah capabilities.
The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that the previous night witnessed the fiercest Israeli airstrikes on the city of Baalbek and its surroundings in eastern Lebanon.
An entire family perished in a strike on their home in the town of Chaat, according to the agency, which did not specify the number of family members killed.
The Lebanese Health Ministry also said three people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the village of Ayta al-Shaab, and a fourth person – a Syrian national – was killed in an airstrike on the town of Qana, both sites in southern Lebanon.
The attacks came despite a call late Wednesday by the US, EU, and nine other nations for Israel and Hezbollah to agree to a 21-day cease-fire to “provide space for diplomacy.”
Israel has pounded several areas in Lebanon since Monday morning amid an escalation in cross-border warfare with Hezbollah.
At least 640 people have since been killed and over 2,500 others injured, according to figures released by the Health Ministry.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border clashes since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,500 people, mostly women and children, following a cross-border attack by Hamas last Oct. 7.
The international community has warned against the strikes on Lebanon, as they raise the specter of spreading the Gaza conflict regionally. — AA
