(MENAFN- Live Mint) Israel has struck three towns in southern Lebanon on November 6, according to reports.

Videos on social media showed airstrikes in southern Lebanon on November 6, with Israeli Defence Force (IDF) drones reported to be flying over the capital city of Beirut, RT new reported.

According to an AP report, Israeli jets struck the Lebanese towns after urging residents to leave, and came hours after Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel.

It added that this marks an escalation in Israel's near-daily strikes on the northern neighbour.

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According to RT News, local footage showed“massive” bombing of Tayr Debba town in southern Lebanon. It added that IDF drones were spotted flying over capital Beirut, and the United Nations has cautioned that ceasefire“violations undermine fragile calm”.

Israeli Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents in Tayba near the border, Tayr Debba located just east of the coastal city of Tyre, and Aita al-Jabal, to flee 500 metres away from residential buildings they are targeting, which they say has been used by Hezbollah.

The Israeli military says it targeted military infrastructure for Hezbollah in those areas. It accuse the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a US-brokered ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has been critical of Israel's strikes and military presence on five hill-top points on Lebanese territory but has said he is open to negotiations with Israel to end the tensions.

Israel says its near-daily strikes have targeted Hezbollah officials and military infrastructure, while the Lebanese government that has backed disarming Hezbollah say the strikes have targeted civilians and infrastructure unrelated to the Iran-backed group.

The powerful group's military capabilities were severely damaged in Israel's intense air campaign over the tiny country in 2024, but Hezbollah have yet to disarm and its leader Sheikh Naim Kassim has said that the group will be ready to fight no matter how limited their capabilities might be.

Both sides have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, which nominally ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November. The conflict started after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.

Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, prompting Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in return. The low-level exchanges escalated into full-scale war in September 2024.

(With inputs from AP)

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