Israel says struck 8 Hezbollah compounds in Baalbek district

Israeli military strikes in eastern Lebanon killed a Syrian teenager on Thursday, the Lebanese health ministry reported, while the Israeli army said it had struck eight compounds belonging to an elite Hezbollah unit.

"Israeli enemy air strikes on the Bekaa this evening resulted, according to an initial toll, in the killing of a 16-year-old Syrian boy and the injury of another person," the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli military said it struck eight compounds belonging to the Radwan Force, an elite fighting unit of Hezbollah.

"Earlier today, the (Israeli military) struck eight military compounds belonging to Hezbollah's Radwan Force in the Baalbek area of Lebanon," the military said in a statement.

It said the compounds were being utilized to prepare and plan for attacks against its troops and Israeli civilians.

"Within the compounds, numerous weapons were stored, including firearms and rockets belonging to Hezbollah," it said.

"The terrorists' activities at these compounds and Hezbollah's attempts to rearm constitute a violation of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon, and pose a threat to the State of Israel."

Lebanon state media reported several strikes on mountainous areas in the country's east, mainly in the outskirts of the city of Hermel.

Hezbollah and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in November 2024 after a year of war, but Israel has continued to strike it on a near-daily basis, saying it is enforcing ceasefire provisions against the group rearming.

Last week, an Israeli strike killed eight members of Hezbollah, an official from the group said, adding the attack hit a meeting the militants were holding far from Israel's border.

Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have protested the attacks as ceasefire violations.