The IDF said it carried out strikes on Hezbollah weapons depots and other military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and deeper within the country on Thursday, targeting sites allegedly used to support the terror group’s efforts to rebuild and prepare attacks against Israel.

According to the military, the strikes hit several weapons storage facilities and other infrastructure in southern Lebanon, as well as an underground arms depot deeper within Lebanese territory.

The IDF said Hezbollah’s activity at the targeted sites violated the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.

Shortly before the strikes, the IDF issued evacuation warnings for the towns of Machghara in the Western Beqaa District and south Lebanon’s Sohmor.

The strikes come a week after the Lebanese military said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River, the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel has called those efforts insufficient.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in response that the ceasefire “states clearly, Hezbollah must be fully disarmed.”

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