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Israeli warplanes carried out air strikes on several towns in eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday amid a mass funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and despite an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu Agency reports.
The Israeli attacks targeted the towns of Zrariyeh, Zibqin, Al-Qlaiaah, Jannata, Deir Qanoun Al Naher, and Maaroub in southern Lebanon, sources said.
The state news agency NNA said a Syrian girl was injured near Al-Qlaiaah and was transferred to a hospital for medical attention.
The broadcaster said an airstrike was also reported in the Brisa area in eastern Lebanon, but no casualties were reported.
The Israeli public broadcaster KAN also reported that Israeli drones flew over the Lebanese capital Beirut. Lebanese sources, however, denied the claim, saying that the Lebanese military, not Israel, operated the drones.
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The Israeli army confirmed the strikes, claiming that they targeted Hezbollah “military sites that contained rocket munitions and other weapons in Baalbek and several other locations in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah activity was detected.”
A military statement claimed that several rocket platforms were destroyed in the attacks, which coincided with the participation of thousands of mourners in the funeral of Nasrallah and senior Hezbollah leader Hashem Safieddine in Beirut’s Camille Chamoun Sports City.
The Israeli army has continued to violate the Nov. 27 ceasefire agreement with over 1,000 breaches reported by Lebanese authorities, including the death of at least 79 people and injury of 276 others.
The ceasefire agreement ended months of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah that escalated into a full-scale conflict in September.
Under the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by Jan. 26, but the deadline was extended to Feb. 18 after Israel refused to comply.
The Israeli army withdrew from southern Lebanese towns last week but maintained a military presence at five border outposts.