Screenshot from a video sent by our correspondent of the reported Israeli strike on the Bekaa.
Israeli strikes near the city of Baalbek killed two Hezbollah members Monday, two security sources told AFP, in the first strikes on Lebanon's east since clashes began after the Gaza war.
"Two Hezbollah members were killed in the Israeli strikes near Baalbek," a security official told AFP, with another security source also confirming the toll.
Earlier Monday, one of the sources had told AFP that "an Israeli strike hit a building housing a Hezbollah civilian institution" in a Baalbek suburb.
A second Israeli strike hit a warehouse near Baalbek belonging to the Iran-backed group, the source added.
Both sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
Israel's army on Monday confirmed its fighter jets struck Hezbollah targets in the Bekaa valley.
The strikes targeted sites used by Hezbollah for its aerial defense system, the army said, adding that they came "in response to the launch of a surface-to-air missile" that downed an Israeli drone earlier on Monday in southern Lebanon.
The city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley is a Hezbollah bastion bordering Syria.
Earlier on Monday, the group said it had shot down a "large" Israeli drone in southern Lebanon.
Since Oct. 8, Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have exchanged near-daily fire, but strikes have been largely contained to the border between the two countries – although Israel has on occasion launched strikes elsewhere in Lebanon, including in Beirut.
In January, a strike widely attributed to Israel killed Hamas's deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri and six militants in Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold – the most high-profile Hamas figure to be killed during the war.
On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said there would be no let up in Israeli action against Hezbollah, even if a cease-fire and hostage deal is secured in Gaza.
At least 280 people have been killed on the Lebanese side since fighting erupted, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also including 44 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and six civilians have been killed, according to the Israeli army.