The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike on some facilities of the Shiite organization Hezbollah in Lebanon in response to its shelling of Israel, the IDF press service said in a statement, TASS reports.
"In response to yesterday’s launches, the IDF fighter jets and aircraft hit some terrorist targets belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon," the statement said.
Among those targets were military posts, ammo depots and "intelligence infrastructure that aided Hezbollah in conducting reconnaissance and channeling terrorism against Israel," the IDF said.
The operation was carried out on the west bank of the Jordan River. According to the Israeli side, 19 Palestinians were found, 9 of them supporters of the Hamas movement.
