Beirut/Jerusalem, Aug. 1 -- Israeli warplanes carried out intensive airstrikes Thursday on multiple areas in eastern and southern Lebanon, targeting sites belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according to Lebanese official media and an army source.
According to Labanon's National News Agency, a series of Israeli airstrikes "targeted the eastern mountain range in the Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon and wide areas deep within southern Lebanon."
A source from the Lebanese army intelligence told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes carried out 18 airstrikes in less than half an hour across the region, targeting Hezbollah positions that had been hit in previous strikes.
Meanwhile, in a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its Air...