BEIRUT, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon at midnight on Monday, local media reported.

The Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Wadi Roumine and the highlands of the Iqlim al-Tuffah area near the town of Jbaa came days after Lebanon and Israel, for the first time in years, sent civilian representatives to a committee originally created to supervise their 2024 ceasefire.

The Israeli army claimed that the strikes hit Hezbollah infrastructure, saying in a statement that a training and qualification complex used by Hezbollah forces was targeted for "planning and carrying out terrorist activities against Israeli soldiers and civilians," said the report.

Israeli forces regularly carry out operations in Lebanese territory, claiming that the strikes are aimed at neutralizing Hezbollah "threats." Israel maintains a presence at five strategic points along the Lebanese border.

On Wednesday, civilian representatives from Lebanon and Israel joined a session of the ceasefire monitoring committee in the southwestern Lebanese town of Naqoura, marking the first direct talks between the two countries in more than four decades. The mechanism is designed to manage border tensions and explore conditions for de-escalation. Enditem