The Israeli military carried out several strikes in Lebanon on Monday, according to reports in Lebanese state media.
The National News Agency (NNA) reported that five towns in southern Lebanon were targeted by Israeli shelling and other military activity Monday, including “a large explosion” in the town of Hadatha. NNA did not mention casualties from the spate of attacks.
CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment. Earlier Monday, the military said in a statement that the Israeli air force “conducted a precise strike” in al-Aqida after a suspicious vehicle approached a group of Israeli soldiers.
Though Israel and Lebanon signed a preliminary agreement last month for Israel to withdraw from two areas of southern Lebanon, Israeli military and political leaders have indicated that Israel intends to continue its campaign, saying that the agreement allows it. Notably, Israel’s primary foe in Lebanon, the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah, was not a party to the document signed by the two countries, and it has criticized the agreement.
Nonetheless, negotiations will continue. Israeli and Lebanese officials will meet later this month in Rome to work on issues related to the Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter told an audience at the Council on Foreign Relations on Monday.
At least 4,319 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on since March 2, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tolls.
