Israel carried out air strikes in Lebanon Sunday, targeting areas in the east and south according to Lebanese state media, with the Israeli military claiming it hit Hezbollah targets including smuggling routes along the border with Syria. The air strikes placed further strain on a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group, which came into effect on November 27.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Israeli aircraft targeted the outskirts of Janta in the eastern Baalbek region as well as areas near Nabatiyeh in the south. It did not say whether there were casualties. The Israeli military alleged it struck a number of targets it had presented to ceasefire monitors as threats.“Among the targets struck were a rocket launcher site, a military site, and routes along the Syria-Lebanon border used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah,” it claimed. The strikes come just two weeks