Israel launches airstrikes on south Lebanon; says it's targeting Hezbollah

The orders and strikes came despite a ceasefire deal agreed a year ago that was meant to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, and after months of Lebanese army efforts to clear Hezbollah sites in the south. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon said the Israeli airstrikes constitute clear violations of Security Council resolution 1701, adopted in 2006 with the aim of keeping peace along the Lebanon-Israel border. The Lebanese army in a statement condemned the strikes, calling them "a continuation of the enemy’s destructive approach aimed at undermining Lebanon's stability and widening destruction in the south."