The Israel Defense Forces confirmed Sunday it had carried out airstrikes deep in Lebanon, saying it targeted Hezbollah facilities where activity by the terror group was identified.

The Hezbollah targets included rocket launchers and other weapons, according to the military.

“The activity of terror operatives at these sites is a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the IDF said.

Lebanon’s state media said Israeli aircraft carried out three strikes in the Beqaa Valley in the country’s east.

It came two days ahead of a deadline in a fragile ceasefire that ended the war in Lebanon for Israeli forces to pull out of the country’s south — a deadline Israel has indicated it will not fully meet.

“Enemy warplanes carried out two strikes on the outskirts of the town of Harbata and a third strike on the town of Halbata,” in the north of the Bekaa Valley, the official National News Agency said.

Harbata is located some 100 kilometers from the border with Israel.

Lebanese media also reported that a woman was killed and several others were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the south Lebanon town of Houla, close to the border with Israel.

The IDF said it identified dozens of suspects gathering........

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