JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Air Force struck medium-range rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah at a military site in southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement.

Rocket launchers near another military site in the Nabatieh area were also targeted, according to the statement.

The military said that, to enforce the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, it had requested the Lebanese Armed Forces to neutralize the launchers before the strike. The launchers, the statement said, posed a threat to Israeli civilians and troops.

"The launchers were struck only after the request was not addressed by the Lebanese Armed Forces," the statement said.

The military warned that it would continue to target Hezbollah sites in Lebanon if they are perceived as posing "any threat" to Israel.

Lebanon and France have accused Israel of carrying out dozens of violations of the fragile ceasefire, which was signed in November last year to end over a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Enditem

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