Israel confirms carrying out its first air strikes on Lebanon in years

The Israeli Air Force announced Thursday that it launched its first air strikes on Lebanon in years, confirming the targeting of sites from which missiles were launched towards northern Israel, from southern Lebanon, whose presidency warned of "the existence of Israeli aggressive and escalatory intentions."

The Israeli army said in a brief statement that its fighters "targeted infrastructure and missile launch sites from Lebanon, from which missiles were launched."

He added that a target was also bombed in the area, from which missiles had been launched in the past.

This announcement comes a day after three rockets were launched from southern Lebanon towards Israel yesterday, according to the Israeli army, which said that two of them fell in Israel, while the third did not cross the border.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun said in a statement that "Israel's use of its air force to target Lebanese villages is the first of its kind since 2006."

Aoun said in the statement issued by his office that this "indicates the existence of escalating aggressive intentions that coincide with the continuous threats against Lebanon and its sovereignty."

The Lebanese president stressed that what happened "is a flagrant and dangerous violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and a direct threat to security and stability in the south."

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