Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Sunday that Israel's targeting of the Lebanese army is a "bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts to reach a ceasefire" between Tel Aviv and Hezbollah.

This came in a statement by the Lebanese Prime Minister, after the army announced the martyrdom of one of its members and the injury of 18 others in an Israeli raid on a military center in Amiriya, southern Lebanon.

Mikati stated that "the Israeli enemy's direct targeting today (Sunday) of an army center in the south, and the fall of martyrs and wounded, represents a direct bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts to reach a ceasefire, strengthen the army's presence in the south, and implement international resolution 1701."

He added: "This direct aggression is added to the series of repeated attacks on the Lebanese army and civilians, and it is a matter for the international community to remain silent about what is happening to Lebanon."