BEIRUT: Israel launched a series of strikes on mountainous areas in eastern Lebanon on Thursday, with the Israeli military saying it struck Hezbollah targets.

“Israeli warplanes launched a series of violent strikes on the eastern mountain range” in the Bekaa region near the border with Syria, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said.

It also said two Israel strikes targeted the Hermel range in the country’s northeast.

The Israeli military meanwhile said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in east and north Lebanon, including a “a military camp and a site for the production of precision missiles” in the Bekaa.

The military said in a statement that it “struck several terrorist targets” in the Bekaa, including “a camp used for training Hezbollah militants.”