Israel strikes south Lebanon despite ceasefire, says it’s targeting Hezbollah military sites

The Associated Press

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 9:19 AM EST | Last Updated: November 6

Israeli jets struck respective towns successful confederate Lebanon connected Thursday, marking an escalation successful their near-daily strikes connected the country. 

The airstrikes came contempt a ceasefire from November 2024, and hours aft Hezbollah urged the Lebanese authorities not to participate negotiations with Israel.

Residents successful Tayba, Tayr Debba and Aita al-Jabal were warned by Israeli Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee to fly 500 metres from the residential buildings they are targeting, which they accidental person been utilized by Hezbollah. Warnings were aboriginal issued for the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Kfar Dounin.

Lebanon's civilian defence helped radical evacuate the areas, the Lebanese authorities quality bureau said. While astir residents evacuated the threatened areas up of the strikes, Lebanon’s wellness ministry reported 1 idiosyncratic wounded. Earlier Israeli strikes connected Thursday killed 1 person, according to the ministry.

The Israeli subject said it targeted subject infrastructure for Hezbollah successful those areas, including "weapons retention facilities ... constructed successful the centre of civilian-populated areas." It accused the militant radical of rebuilding its capabilities astir a twelvemonth aft the U.S.-brokered ceasefire went into effect.

Hezbollah has not fired connected Israel since the truce woody came into unit past year.

A presumption of damaged car successful the aftermath of Israeli strikes connected southbound Lebanon. (Ali Hankir/Reuters)

More than 270 radical person been killed and astir 850 person been wounded by Israeli subject actions since the ceasefire took effect, according to Lebanon’s wellness ministry. As of Oct. 9, the U.N. quality rights bureau had verified that 107 of those killed were civilians oregon noncombatants, said spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan.

"Israel volition proceed to support each of its borders, and we proceed besides to importune connected the afloat enforcement of the ceasefire statement betwixt Lebanon and Israel," Israeli authorities spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian told reporters connected Thursday.

The strikes connected Thursday destroyed an ironworks concern successful the confederate Lebanese municipality of Abbasiyeh.

"This store was supporting 5 to six households, wide 5 to six homes," said Ahmad al-Kayyal, who owned the business.

"Brother, what does a blacksmith do? For heaven's sake: chairs, tables, doors, windows, railings. What does helium make? That's the blacksmith’s job."

Fears person been mounting successful Lebanon that Israel could resume a full-blown aerial bombing campaign, peculiarly aft Israeli leaders warned they would take action against Hezbollah if Lebanon did not measurement up efforts to disarm the group.

"We are successful a precise unsafe situation. If things support heading this mode ... past each anticipation is lost," said Farid Nahnouh, politician of Tayr Debba.

Lebanon unfastened to talks

The strikes came arsenic Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and his authorities met successful Beirut to travel up connected a program drafted by the Lebanese subject to disarm Hezbollah and different non-state equipped groups successful the country.

Following the meeting, Information Minister Paul Morcos said the furniture "commended the advancement [the army] has made... contempt continued obstacles, foremost among which is the continuation of Israeli hostilities."

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has been captious of Israel's strikes and subject beingness connected 5 hilltop points connected Lebanese territory. Last week, Aoun instructed the service to face immoderate Israeli incursion into confederate Lebanon aft Israeli forces crossed the borderline overnight and killed a municipal employee.

"Every clip Lebanon expresses its openness to peaceful negotiations ... Israel intensifies its aggression," Aoun said successful a connection aft Thursday's strikes.

"Nearly a twelvemonth has passed since the ceasefire came into effect, and during that time, Israel has spared nary effort to show its rejection of immoderate negotiated colony betwixt the 2 countries," helium said.

People and members of the Lebanese service stitchery astatine a damaged tract successful the aftermath of Israeli strikes, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. (Ali Hankir/Reuters)

Aoun has said helium is unfastened to negotiations with Israel to extremity the tensions, thing which Hezbollah is against.

The militant group, which besides has a governmental wing, said earlier the strikes that they had "a morganatic close to defy [Israeli] occupation," adding that it would enactment the Lebanese army.

Hezbollah besides said that, portion Lebanon was bound by a ceasefire, it was not obligated to beryllium drawn into governmental negotiations with Israel.

The almighty group's subject capabilities were severely damaged successful Israel's aggravated aerial run implicit Lebanon successful 2024, but Hezbollah has yet to disarm and its person Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that the radical volition beryllium acceptable to combat nary substance however constricted their capabilities mightiness be.

The service has said it could wide each of confederate Lebanon of arms extracurricular of authorities power by the extremity of the year. Two elder Lebanese information officials told Reuters hours earlier Thursday's dense strikes that their troops were making swifter advancement each period connected disarmament.

Also Thursday, the U.S. Treasury announced a caller acceptable of sanctions that it said people "financial operatives who oversee the question of funds from Iran" to Hezbollah.

This includes, done licensed and unlicensed wealth exchanges, shops that the U.S. said "fail to behaviour capable screening connected their customers" and let Hezbollah "to instrumentality vantage of Lebanon’s mostly cash-based system to launder illicit money."

Smoke rises astatine a damaged tract successful the aftermath of Israeli strikes successful confederate Lebanon connected Thursday. (Ali Hankir/Reuters)

Both sides person accused each different of violating the ceasefire, which nominally ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah warfare past November. The struggle started aft the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught connected Israel that triggered the violative successful Gaza.

Hezbollah began firing rockets into bluish Israel successful enactment of Hamas and the Palestinians, prompting Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling successful return. The low-level exchanges escalated into full-scale warfare successful September 2024.