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- The Israeli military said its forces had carried out several strikes targeting Hezbollah sites and killed one militant
- The 鈥渦rgent warning鈥� was accompanied by a map showing a structure and the 500-meter radius around it marked in red
BEIRUT: Lebanese state media said an Israeli air strike hit a building in southern Lebanon on Thursday after Israel鈥檚 military issued an evacuation call warning of imminent action against Hezbollah militants.
Israel has kept up its air strikes in neighboring Lebanon despite a November truce aimed at halting more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah that included two months of full-blown war.
Without confirming the reported attack on the southern town of Toul, the Israeli military said its forces had carried out several strikes targeting Hezbollah sites and killed one militant.
Lebanon鈥檚 official National News Agency (NNA) said that 鈥渢he Israeli enemy鈥� struck a building in Toul, where the army had warned residents to evacuate the area around a building it said was used by Hezbollah militants.
The 鈥渦rgent warning鈥� was accompanied by a map showing a structure and the 500-meter (0.3-mile) radius around it marked in red.
鈥淵ou are located near facilities belonging to the terrorist (group) Hezbollah,鈥� the statement said in Arabic, urging people 鈥渢o evacuate these buildings immediately and move away from them.鈥�
There were no immediate reports of casualties in Toul.
In a separate statement, the military said it had 鈥渟truck and eliminated a Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist in the area of Rab El Thalathine,鈥� about 17 kilometers (10 miles) to the southeast.
The NNA reported a 鈥渕artyr鈥� in an air strike in the same area, without identifying them.
The Israeli military said its forces also 鈥渟truck a Hezbollah military site containing rocket launchers and weapons鈥� in the Bekaa Valley as well as 鈥渢errorist infrastructure sites and rocket launchers belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization... in southern Lebanon.鈥�
A military statement said that 鈥渢he presence of weapons in the area and Hezbollah activities at the site constitute blatant violations of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon鈥� under the November ceasefire agreement.
Israel will 鈥渃ontinue to operate to remove any threat... and will prevent any attempt by Hezbollah to re-establish its terror capabilities,鈥� it said.
Under the ceasefire, Hezbollah fighters were to pull back north of the Litani River and dismantle military infrastructure south of it.
Israel was to withdraw all forces from Lebanon, but it has kept troops in five areas that it deems 鈥渟trategic.鈥�
The Lebanese army has deployed in the south and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.
The truce was based on a UN Security Council resolution that says Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers should be the only people to bear arms in south Lebanon, and calls for the disarmament of all non-state groups.