Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon towns, escalating near-daily attacks

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country.

The airstrikes came hours after militant group Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel.

Israeli Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents in Tayba near the border, Teir Debba located just east of the coastal city of Tyre, and Aita al-Jabal in southern Lebanon, to flee 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) away from residential buildings they are targeting, which they say have been used by Hezbollah. It later issued more warnings for the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Kfar Dounin.

The Israeli military said it targeted military infrastructure for Hezbollah in those areas, including “weapons storage facilities... constructed in the center of civilian-populated areas.”

It accused the group of rebuilding its capabilities almost a year after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire went into effect that ended a monthslong war. While most residents evacuated the threatened areas ahead of the strikes, Lebanon's health ministry reported one person wounded.

“We will not allow Hezbollah to rearm themselves, to recover, build back up its strength to threaten the state of Israel,” Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian said at a briefing Thursday.

The strikes came as Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and his government met in Beirut to follow up on a plan drafted by the Lebanese military to disarm Hezbollah and other non-state armed groups in the country. Information Minister Paul Morcos said, following the meeting, that the cabinet “commended the progress (the army) has made... despite continued obstacles, foremost among which is the continuation of Israeli hostilities.”

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has been critical of Israel’s strikes and ongoing occupation of five hilltop points on Lebanese territory but has said he is open to negotiations with Israel to end the tensions.

Aoun said in a statement after Thursday's strikes that “every time Lebanon expresses its openness to peaceful negotiations... Israel intensifies its aggression.”

“Nearly a year has passed since the ceasefire came into effect, and during that time, Israel has spared no effort to demonstrate its rejection of any negotiated settlement between the two countries," he said. "Your message has been received.”

Israel says its near-daily strikes have targeted Hezbollah officials and military infrastructure, while the Lebanese government that has backed disarming Hezbollah say the strikes have targeted civilians and infrastructure unrelated to the Iran-backed group.

The powerful group’s military capabilities were severely damaged in Israel’s intense air campaign over the tiny country in 2024, but Hezbollah have yet to disarm and its leader Sheikh Naim Kassem has said that the group will be ready to fight no matter how limited their capabilities might be.

Both sides have accused each other of violating the ceasefire, which nominally ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November. The conflict started after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.

Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, prompting Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in return. The low-level exchanges escalated into full-scale war in September 2024.

Lebanon’s health ministry has reported more than 270 people killed and around 850 wounded by Israeli military actions since the ceasefire took effect. As of Oct. 9, the U.N. human rights office had verified that 107 of those killed were civilians or noncombatants, said spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan.

No Israelis have been killed by fire from Lebanon since the ceasefire. Hezbollah has claimed one attack since the agreement took effect.

Also Thursday, the U.S. Treasury announced a new set of sanctions that it said target “financial operatives who oversee the movement of funds from Iran” to Hezbollah, including through licensed and unlicensed money exchanges shops that it said “fail to conduct adequate screening on their customers” and allow Hezbollah “to take advantage of Lebanon’s largely cash-based economy to launder illicit money.”

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Associated Press journalist Areej Hazboun in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

People inspect the site of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the village of Teir Debba, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

TORONTO (AP) — Colorado Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner left Tuesday’s start against the Toronto Blue Jays two batters after he was struck by a 106 mph line drive.

The Rockies said Feltner exited because of a right glute contusion.

“Felt’s going to be fine,” manager Warren Schaeffer said after Colorado lost 5-1. “He took a hard line drive off the hip. Tightened up in between innings so not able to go back out, but I think we avoided something bad.”

Feltner said he was sore after being hit but didn't expect to miss a start.

“It got me in a good spot,” he said. “I'm lucky in that way but it's definitely starting to get pretty stiff right now.”

Feltner retired the first eight batters in order before he was hit by a liner off the bat of Blue Jays infielder Andrés Giménez. The ball struck Feltner near his hip and rolled away for an infield single.

“Just got all muscle,” Feltner said.

Schaeffer and the trainer checked on Feltner, who remained in the game. George Springer followed with a walk but Feltner ended the inning by getting Jesús Sánchez to ground out on the first pitch.

“He showed some guts there, going through injury,” Schaeffer said. “When he covered first to end the inning there, he was kind of hobbling around a little bit. He gave us all he had.”

Feltner struck out four in his three innings. Juan Mejia took over in the fourth.

“I thought Felt was exceptional in those three innings,” Schaeffer said. “He attacked in the zone. I was very proud of him tonight.”

In 2023, Feltner was hospitalized because of a skull fracture and concussion after getting hit by a line drive off the bat of Philadelphia’s Nick Castellanos.

Feltner didn't pitch after April 28 last season because of back and shoulder issues. He called it “special” to be back on a big league mound for the first time in almost a year.

“Long year for me last year in a lot of different ways,” he said. “I was really grateful to pitch in a big league game today.”

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner (18) works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner (18) works against the Toronto Blue Jays during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)