Israel says it bombed Hezbollah sites deep inside Lebanon

Israel says Hezbollah has crossed ‘red line’ after blaming the Lebanese group for Saturday’s deadly attack.

The Israeli military says it launched air raids on areas across Lebanon as its political and military leaders discuss a response to a deadly attack on a football field in the occupied Golan Heights.

The military said early on Sunday that its jets bombed weapons depots and infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, in Shabriha and Burj el-Shemali near the southern city of Tyre, and the villages of Kafr Lila, Rab al-Thalathine, Khiam and Tayr Harfa.

Israel’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that Hezbollah had “crossed all red lines” after blaming the Lebanese group for a rocket strike that killed 12 people in the occupied Golan Heights.

“Saturday’s massacre constitutes the crossing of all red lines by Hezbollah. This is not an army fighting another army, rather it is a terrorist organisation deliberately shooting at civilians,” the ministry said in a statement.

Hezbollah has “categorically denied” responsibility for the deadly attack. There have been unconfirmed claims that a failed Israeli interceptor missile may have caused the incident.