"Israel carried out several airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday targeting what it said was Hezbollah infrastructure, as a new year's deadline for the Lebanese state to disarm the group in the south of the country loomed. Israeli warplanes bombed the valleys of Houmin, Wadi Azza and Nimeiriya in the southern Nabatieh area on Wednesday morning. Residents reported that Israeli drones continued to hover over the area and other areas of south Lebanon and its eastern Bekaa valley after the strikes."
"In a statement, the Israeli military said it struck launching sites and military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah, the presence of which it called a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. Israel regularly strikes southern Lebanon, in violation of the more-than-year-old ceasefire in place, which ended a 13-month war with Hezbollah. Israel has bombed Lebanon once every four hours on average since the implementation of the ceasefire, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor."
Israeli warplanes bombed the valleys of Houmin, Wadi Azza and Nimeiriya in the southern Nabatieh area, and drones continued to hover over south Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa valley after the strikes. Launching sites and military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah were struck, and the presence was characterized as a violation of understandings between the two states. The ceasefire that ended a 13-month war with Hezbollah has been regularly breached by Israeli strikes, with ACLED reporting an average of one bombing every four hours since implementation. Hezbollah shelled Israel once in the week after the ceasefire. A US-approved plan requires the Lebanese army to clear Hezbollah infrastructure, weapons and personnel from south of the Litani River by year-end.
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