Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fighter jets carried out precision strikes last night against facilities of the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, a military spokesman announced.
The bombed sites were used by the Shiite terrorist organization, armed and financed by Iran, to store weapons and rocket launchers and "constituted a direct threat to the Israeli rear," the military spokesman said.
Local Lebanese sources said the attacks took place near the towns of Yohmor, Deir Siryan, Yater and Zibqin in southern Lebanon.
The military spokesman said that Hezbollah's activity in these sites "constitutes a flagrant violation of the agreements reached between Israel and Lebanon."
Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters protesting in Beirut clashed with Lebanese Army troops last night after Lebanese air authorities refused to allow passengers on an Iranian plane to land in Lebanon, following IDF reports that the Islamist regime in Tehran is using such flights to smuggle in huge sums of money to fund the Shiite terrorist group.
Meanwhile, Israel announced that it will remain in five key positions beyond the deadline stipulated for the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon in the ceasefire agreement, agreed to last November, and Washington expressed its approval of the move.
However, Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabi Berri of the Shiite Amal party, an ally of Hezbollah, said the president and prime minister were opposed to any continuation of the Israeli presence.