Israel strikes rockets launchers in southern Lebanon

A man mourns during the funeral procession of two Hezbollah members, killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, in the southern suburbs of Beirut (Hussein Malla/AP)

Israel has launched a series of attacks in southern Lebanon, saying it struck hundreds of rocket launchers and other Hezbollah infrastructure.

The army claimed the launchers were about to be used “in the immediate future.”. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties during the attacks on Thursday night.