Israel killed two Hezbollah members on Saturday in separate drone strikes in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces announced, saying that the terror group’s operatives were violating agreements between Jerusalem and Beirut.

The first operative killed was a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force.

The IDF said he was killed in a drone strike in Khiam while attempting to restore Hezbollah’s capabilities in the area, adding that his activities “constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”

Later Saturday, a drone strike in Yohmor killed Ahmad Mohammad Salah, who the military said was responsible for Hezbollah’s forces in the town.

The IDF said Salah was also involved in the efforts to reestablish Hezbollah’s capabilities.

Since a ceasefire agreement came into effect in November, Israel has maintained a presence at five strategic points in Lebanon and occasionally struck Hezbollah targets it said were violating the conditions of the ceasefire.

Lebanese state media reported on Tuesday that Israeli airstrikes killed 12 people, seven of whom were Syrian, in Lebanon’s northeastern Beqaa Valley.

The strikes were aimed at military facilities belonging to the Radwan force, where operatives and weapon depots had been detected, the IDF said.

According to Israel, the Radwan force had in recent years planned to carry out a large-scale invasion of northern Israel, but was forced to shelve the scheme after Hamas attacked southern Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, plunging the region into war.

A day after the attack, Hezbollah began firing rockets, drones, and anti-tank missiles at northern Israeli communities, carrying out attacks on a near-daily basis in solidarity with Hamas.

The rocket fire displaced some 60,000 residents of northern Israel. In a bid to ensure their safe return, Israel stepped up operations in Lebanon in September, leading to two months of open warfare with Hezbollah in which the terror group’s leadership and arsenal were decimated.

The ceasefire agreement allows Israel to strike imminent threats, though Jerusalem is required to bring less urgent concerns to an international committee.

Hezbollah is currently under pressure from Lebanon’s Western-backed government to disarm as part of an arrangement that could reportedly see Israel halt attacks and pull its troops south of the border.