This is a first since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Israeli army confirmed on Monday that it had carried out airstrikes in the Bekaa region, in eastern Lebanon.
“Israeli army fighter planes have just targeted Hezbollah air defense sites (…).
These strikes were carried out in retaliation for a surface-to-air missile strike against a Hermes-450 drone which was damaged earlier in the day,” the army said in a statement.
The drone was shot down over southern Lebanon, in the Iqlim al-Touffah region, a Hezbollah stronghold about twenty km from the border with Israel.
At least two members of the Shiite formation were killed, according to two security sources.
One of the strikes targeted a Hezbollah depot and the other a building housing a civilian institution belonging to the pro-Iranian Islamist group on the outskirts of the town of Baalbeck, known for its Roman temple, one of these said. sources.
Baalbeck, Hezbollah stronghold
The Baalbeck region, in the eastern Bekaa plain bordering Syria, is a stronghold of Hezbollah which has a significant military presence there.
Until now, Israeli strikes had focused only on the region of southern Lebanon, the scene of daily violence between the Shiite group and the Israeli army since the start of the war in Gaza.
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At least 280 people, mostly Hezbollah fighters, as well as militants from other allied groups and 44 civilians, have been killed in more than four months of conflict, according to an AFP count.
On the Israeli side, ten soldiers and six civilians were killed, according to the army.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Sunday that a possible truce in fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip would not undermine Israel's "goal" of pushing Hezbollah from its northern border. .