Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on reports of airstrikes in Lebanon, reports Agence France-Presse . “We are doing everything necessary to ensure Israel’s security,” the head of government said in Jerusalem at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

At the same time, Netanyahu refused to talk about the involvement of the country’s armed forces in the incident. He stressed that he was not going to reveal what the Israeli authorities were doing for the safety of their citizens, nor what they were not doing.

Meanwhile, an AFP source in the Lebanese security services said that on the evening of February 24, Israel carried out two airstrikes against Hezbollah targets located on the border of Lebanon and Syria. Lebanese media reported that the strikes hit rural areas near the town of Nabi Shit.

The Shiite movement Hezbollah supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and sends its fighters to the civil war in Syria. The main route for the supply of weapons to Hezbollah from Iranian co-religionists passes through this country. The city of Nabi Shit is considered a stronghold of the Shiite group. Presumably, there is a weapons depot and a Hezbollah training camp there.

Israel is trying to prevent Hezbollah from gaining access to weapons because its leadership, like the Iranian authorities, opposes Israel's existence as an independent state. The Shiite movement is considered a terrorist organization not only in Israel, but also in the European Union and the United States.

Netanyahu commented on airstrikes in Lebanon