ISTANBUL 

Israeli fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes Monday targeting areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese state-run National News Agency.

The agency reported that the raids hit the rugged border area between Lebanon's Shaara Heights and Syria's Serghaya region, specifically in the vicinity of the eastern Lebanese mountain range.

In the south, Israeli jets conducted three airstrikes on the town of Tayr Harfa and one on Srifa, while an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a waste disposal site in the town of Majdal Selm, the agency said.

The airstrikes were accompanied by flares and intense activity by Israeli helicopters in the area’s airspace.

No official reports of injuries or material damage were immediately available.

The Israeli army said it struck infrastructure used for the production and storage of “strategic weapons” by the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the Bekaa region, claiming the group “is attempting to reestablish a presence and operations within the facility.”

It added that military infrastructure in Srifa was also targeted, arguing that the site’s activities and stored weapons “constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”

A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Lebanon since November, ending months of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah, which escalated into a full-scale conflict in September.

Lebanese authorities have reported nearly 3,000 Israeli violations of the truce, including the deaths of nearly 200 people and the injuries of around 500 others.

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon by Jan. 26, but the deadline was extended to Feb. 18 after Israel refused to comply. It still maintains a military presence at five border outposts.