Israeli airstrikes near the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek killed one person on Monday, as reported by a security source, in the second raid in the region since tensions escalated following the Gaza war.
Since October 8, the day after the war broke out in the Gaza Strip, Hamas ally Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have exchanged near-daily fire.
Strikes have largely remained confined to border regions, but several have hit Hezbollah positions further north in recent weeks, raising fears of a full-blown conflict.
“Israeli aircraft targeted a former Hezbollah building near Dar Al Amal Hospital,” a security source told AFP, adding that Israel “conducted another raid on a warehouse west of Baalbek”.
The strikes killed one person and injured six others, he added.
The governor of the Baalbek-Hermel region, Bachir Khodr, also said a man had been killed in the strikes near Baalbek in a post on social media platform X.
Another security official confirmed the strikes, without mentioning casualties.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli air strikes on two locations, including the strike on the warehouse.
The NNA also reported Israeli raids “targeting a residential building in the town of Ansar… south of Baalbek”.
“Fire and plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the targeted location,” the NNA added.
The Israeli military later confirmed its jets had hit two sites belonging to “Hezbollah’s aerial forces”.
