Israel destroys Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon

The Israeli military has destroyed underground infrastructure used by the militant group Hezbollah in a village in southern Lebanon.

The United States was informed ahead of the attack, which targeted a 200m-long tunnel in the town of Majdal Zoun, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz.

The strike came two days after Lebanon and Israel agreed a US-brokered security arrangement intended to ease hostilities along the border.

The deal provides for a phased Israeli withdrawal from parts of southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army, although Israeli forces would be permitted to remain in an expanded security zone.

The Israeli statement said the tunnel contained hundreds of weapons and launchers.

The attack comes hours after Israel's military said that it struck Hezbollah militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and hit a rocket launcher in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon.

Earlier, Hezbollah said that the Israeli attacks were a "flagrant" violation of the ceasefire to which it has adhered, adding that it is closely monitoring breaches of the truce and reserves the right to "defend its homeland and people".

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the security agreement, describing it as a surrender to Israel.

He said the group would continue its armed resistance.

Mr Netanyahu said that the Israeli military would remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon and "continue to destroy terrorist infrastructure, remove threats from the northern communities, and safeguard the security of Israel's citizens".

More than one million Lebanese citizens have been driven from their homes by the conflict that has run in parallel with the wider Iran war.

Hezbollah and Iran say the US pledged to ensure the end of hostilities in Lebanon as part of its memorandum of understanding signed two weeks ago to end the wider ⁠war.

Iranian, US negotiators head to Doha

Meanwhile, Iranian and American negotiating teams are due in the Qatari capital Doha this week.

However, Iran said that no meeting had been scheduled as missile fire from both sides over the weekend tested the interim ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump is sending his son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff to lead the negotiating team, according to his press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

An Iranian technical delegation is travelling to Qatar this week, but a foreign ministry spokesperson said this had "no relation" to the US visit and no talks between the two sides were scheduled.