Ten people were killed and 25 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Friday, the Lebanese state news agency (NNA) reported, after the Israeli military said it had bombed “Hezbollah sites” in the Baalbek area.
Hezbollah said that the strikes killed commander Hussein Yaghi, who is the son of former MP Mohamed Yaghi.
NNA said two more people were killed in Israeli strikes on the Ain Al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon. Hamas said two of its members, Bilal Al Khatim and Mohammad Al Sawi, were killed in the attack on the group's security headquarters.
The strikes are among the deadliest reported in eastern Lebanon in recent weeks and risk testing a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which has been strained by recurring accusations of breaches of the truce. The Israeli military said in a statement that it struck Hezbollah command centres in the Baalbek area, part of eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire in 2024 intended to end more than a year of cross-border fire that culminated in Israeli strikes that weakened the Iran-aligned group. Since then, the sides have traded accusations that the other has broken the ceasefire.
US and Israeli officials have pressed Lebanese authorities to destroy Hezbollah's arsenal, while Lebanese leaders have said that broader Israeli strikes could further destabilise the country battered by political and economic crises.
Separately, the Israeli military said it also struck what it described as a Hamas command centre from which militants operated in the Ain Al Hilweh area in southern Lebanon. Ain Al Hilweh is a crowded Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon.
