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IDF launches fresh airstrikes against Hezbollah post ceasefire extension with Lebanon

Jerusalem/Beirut, May 16 (UNI) The IDF launched fresh airstrikes against Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon on Saturday, just a day after Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their truce by 45-days following their talks in Washington.
"The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon," the Israeli military said.
As per Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), the IDF strikes struck at least five villages in the south, preceded by an exodus of residents towards the southern city of Sidon and the capital Beirut.
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