Following an evacuation warning to Lebanese civilians, the IDF confirmed that it had begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure in "several areas" of southern Lebanon on Sunday evening.
The initial warning was issued by Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee on X/Twitter.
The area around Kafr Hata will be targeted by the military in the coming hours, Adraee warned, adding that this will consist of a strike on a Hezbollah terror military infrastructure site and that locals should remain at least 300 meters away from a building highlighted in the post.
The warning came after the military stated earlier that day that the IDF struck a weapons storage shaft belonging to Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon.
The strikes were conducted near Kfarbeit, the military clarified later on Sunday.
Later on Sunday, the military confirmed that they struck a second site used by Hezbollah terrorists to store weapons. This second site was underground, the military clarified.
The site had been previously struck approximately a week ago, the military added, noting that they had informed the Lebanese Armed Forces about the presence of terrorists operating in the area.
The LAF inspected the site, following communication with the IDF, but the "terror infrastructure was not fully dismantled," the IDF alleged.
The IDF, therefore, decided to strike the site again on Sunday.
The military noted that it took steps to mitigate harm to civilians by issuing advance warnings to local populations, referring to Adraee's aforementioned social media post.
Earlier IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets
This follows a series of strikes, including on Friday, when the military confirmed a series of strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon "in response to the terrorist organization’s continued violations of the ceasefire understandings."
Additionally, on Thursday, the military conducted an airstrike in the Zaita region of southern Lebanon, killing a Hezbollah operative.
A later statement from the IDF clarified that the operative was Alaa' Hourani, who was a Hezbollah drone operator.
Throughout the IDF's conflict with Hezbollah, Hourani also aided in re-establishing the terror group's infrastructure in the region, as well as in intelligence gathering and deploying terrorist forces.
IDF strikes Hamas terrorist in Gaza Strip crossing Yellow Line
Separately, in southern Gaza, soldiers from the IDF's 188th Brigade on Sunday identified a terrorist crossing the Yellow Line in the area.
The terrorist approached the soldiers "in a manner that posed an immediate threat," the military noted.
As a result, the air force, coordinating with the soldiers, conducted a strike and killed the terrorist, the military confirmed.