The Qasmiyeh Bridge on the Litani River in southern Lebanon is hit. /Courtesy of AP Yonhap News

According to AFP on the 22nd (local time), Lebanon's state news agency said Israeli fighter jets attacked the Kasmiyeh Bridge over the Litani River in southern Lebanon that day. The Israeli military suspects Hezbollah, the Iran-allied armed faction in Lebanon, is using the bridge.

The Israeli military has recently been concentrating attacks on bridges over the Litani River. Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to destroy all bridges over the Litani.

On the 13th, the Israeli military also bombed the Zrariyeh Bridge spanning the Litani River. At the time, the Israeli military said the bridge was used as a route for the movement of Hezbollah fighters. It was the first case in which the Israeli military officially acknowledged striking civilian infrastructure during a military operation. International law prohibits attacks on civilian facilities, but limited strikes are allowed if they are used for military purposes.

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