The Israeli army announced early on Sunday that it was carrying out airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, responding to what it described as an imminent threat from the Shiite militia. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement it had discovered that Hezbollah would “soon fire rockets, and possibly missiles and UAVs” towards Israeli territory. “In a self-defense act to remove these threats, the IDF is striking terror targets in Lebanon, from which Hezbollah was planning to launch their attacks on Israeli civilians,” army spokesman Daniel Hagari said. “We warn the civilians loc…