IDF said to strike targets more than 30 kilometers from Lebanon border

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

This picture taken from an Israeli position along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing from a site between the Lebanese villages of Odaisseh and Markaba during Israeli strikes on February 19, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
This picture taken from an Israeli position along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing from a site between the Lebanese villages of Odaisseh and Markaba during Israeli strikes on February 19, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

Lebanese media report Israeli airstrikes in the town of Ghaziyeh, on the southern outskirts of Sidon, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the northern border.

Footage posted to social media shows large fireballs and clouds of smoke from the targeted sites.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF.

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