00:40Israel warplanes carried out airstrikes on Lebanon border towns on Thursday, following two days of explosions of wireless devices across the country.
Footage shows smoke rising near the Zawtar Al Gharbiyeh town, located in the Nabatieh Governorate.
The Israeli Defence Forces claimed the strikes targeted "locations affiliated with Hezbollah to degrade Hezbollah's terrorist capabilities and infrastructure."
It added that the aim was to "bring security to northern Israel in order to enable the return of residents (of the north) to their homes, as well as to achieve all of the war goals."
The strikes came as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that the earlier electronic device explosions had crossed 'red lines' and could amount to a 'declaration of war'.
The blasts across Lebanon involving pagers on Tuesday and handheld radios on Wednesday killed 37 and injured nearly 3000, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The Hezbollah militant group, which confirmed that the pagers belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", attributed the explosions to Israel, while the country has not commented.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border fire, which escalated following the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Israeli military carries out airstrikes over southern Lebanon *EXCLUSIVE*
Israel warplanes carried out airstrikes on Lebanon border towns on Thursday, following two days of explosions of wireless devices across the country.
Footage shows smoke rising near the Zawtar Al Gharbiyeh town, located in the Nabatieh Governorate.
The Israeli Defence Forces claimed the strikes targeted "locations affiliated with Hezbollah to degrade Hezbollah's terrorist capabilities and infrastructure."
It added that the aim was to "bring security to northern Israel in order to enable the return of residents (of the north) to their homes, as well as to achieve all of the war goals."
The strikes came as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that the earlier electronic device explosions had crossed 'red lines' and could amount to a 'declaration of war'.
The blasts across Lebanon involving pagers on Tuesday and handheld radios on Wednesday killed 37 and injured nearly 3000, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The Hezbollah militant group, which confirmed that the pagers belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", attributed the explosions to Israel, while the country has not commented.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border fire, which escalated following the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.
Israel warplanes carried out airstrikes on Lebanon border towns on Thursday, following two days of explosions of wireless devices across the country.
Footage shows smoke rising near the Zawtar Al Gharbiyeh town, located in the Nabatieh Governorate.
The Israeli Defence Forces claimed the strikes targeted "locations affiliated with Hezbollah to degrade Hezbollah's terrorist capabilities and infrastructure."
It added that the aim was to "bring security to northern Israel in order to enable the return of residents (of the north) to their homes, as well as to achieve all of the war goals."
The strikes came as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that the earlier electronic device explosions had crossed 'red lines' and could amount to a 'declaration of war'.
The blasts across Lebanon involving pagers on Tuesday and handheld radios on Wednesday killed 37 and injured nearly 3000, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
The Hezbollah militant group, which confirmed that the pagers belonged to "employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions", attributed the explosions to Israel, while the country has not commented.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border fire, which escalated following the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023.