2 Hezbollah operatives killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, says IDF
Military lists one target as commander in terror group’s elite Radwan Force, second as unnamed operative who carried out surveillance on Israeli troops
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The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it killed two Hezbollah operatives in separate strikes within an hour in southern Lebanon, as violence escalated on the northern frontier.
Israel recently threatened to expand its attacks against the Iran-backed terror group, claiming the Lebanese government was not keeping its commitment to disarm it.
The first strike, in the Nabatieh area, killed Muhammad Ali Hadid, who the IDF said was a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.
“The terrorist advanced numerous terror attacks against the State of Israel, and, recently, he continued attempts to reestablish Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites,” the IDF said.
The second strike, in Ayta ash-Shab, killed an unnamed operative who was carrying out surveillance on Israeli troops, the military said.
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed two people were killed in Israeli strikes, and said that seven others were injured.
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that an Israeli drone targeted a car in Doueir, causing it to catch fire.
An AFP photographer in Doueir saw firefighters extinguishing flames in the targeted vehicle and around five other damaged cars.
He also saw workers removing shattered glass from shops damaged by the blast.
The NNA said that the strike caused damage to a local shopping center.
On Saturday, four Hezbollah operatives were killed in an Israeli strike on a car in the Nabatieh area. A day earlier, a strike killed a Hezbollah logistics officer working to reestablish Hezbollah’s infrastructure in south Lebanon, according to the IDF.
Under a November 2024 ceasefire deal, which followed more than a year of hostilities, Hezbollah was required to vacate southern Lebanon and be replaced by the Lebanese military. Israel, which invaded Lebanon in late September of that year, was also required to withdraw, but regularly strikes what it says are Hezbollah targets breaching the ceasefire, and maintains a troop presence in five strategic locations over the border. Israel says that under the terms of the ceasefire, it has the right to strike at Hezbollah threats to its security.
Despite those efforts, Israel reportedly believes Hezbollah has managed to amass some new weapons, raising the possibility of renewed conflict. Meanwhile, Lebanon claims that Israel rejected its overture to begin talks last month on an IDF withdrawal.
Hezbollah was badly weakened during the war, and the United States has pressured Lebanon to disarm the Iran-backed group.
While Lebanese authorities have held indirect talks with Israel in the past, US envoy Tom Barrack told reporters in Bahrain on Saturday that his country was pushing for direct negotiations. He also said he doubts that Lebanon can disarm Hezbollah.
The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah was sparked when the terror group began near-daily attacks on northern Israel on October 8, 2023 — a day after fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded southern Israel, sparking the Gaza war.
The Times of Israel Community.