(MENAFN- Nam News Network) BEIRUT, Oct 17 (NNN-NNA) – One person was killed and seven others were wounded yesterday, in a series of Zionist Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry's Emergency Operations Centre said.

The centre said in a statement that, one person was killed in the eastern town of Shmustar, one injured in Bna'foul in the Sidon district, and six wounded in Ansar in the Nabatieh district.

The Zionist Israel launched an airstrike around 9.00 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), hitting a concrete mixing plant and a quarry in Wadi Basfour, between the villages of Ansar, Sinay, and Basfour in southern Lebanon.

A Lebanese Army Intelligence source said that, the Zionist Israeli Air Force carried out 31 strikes targeting Hezbollah positions in southern and eastern Lebanon, without giving further details.

Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, condemned the attacks, saying, the repeated Israeli strikes were part of a systematic policy, aimed at destroying productive infrastructure, undermining economic recovery, and destabilising the country under“false security pretexts.”

A U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire has largely held between Israel and Hezbollah since Nov 27, last year, ending months of cross-border clashes, linked to the Gaza war that began in Oct, 2023. The Zionist Israel, however, continues to launch strikes in Lebanon, saying, they target Hezbollah threats, while maintaining forces at five main positions along the border.– NNN-NNA

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