Israel Says Struck 8 Hezbollah Compounds in East Lebanon

The Israeli military said on Thursday it struck eight compounds belonging to Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in eastern Lebanon's Baalbek area, as the Lebanese Health Ministry reported a Syrian teenager killed.

The military 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."

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

"Israeli enemy airstrikes 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.