IDF strikes in southern Lebanon kill two Hezbollah operatives
One strike in Mays al-Jabal targets member of terror group’s elite Radwan force, while second one takes out operative carrying out surveillance on Israeli border, according to IDF
The Israel Defense Forces killed two operatives of the Hezbollah terror group in drone strikes in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the military said in a statement.
The first strike in the village of Mays al-Jabal targeted a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, the IDF said.
The second strike, in the same village, targeted a member of the terror group who was carrying out surveillance operations along the border, it added.
The military published footage of the strikes.
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed the strikes, saying one killed a Lebanese national and wounded two Syrians, and that another person was killed in the other.
A November 2024 ceasefire ended more than a year of fighting, including some two months of open war, between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group.
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The fighting began on October 8, 2023, when Hezbollah started attacking Israel daily with missiles and drones, in support of fellow terror group Hamas, which had invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip a day earlier, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
The ceasefire allows Israel to strike immediate threats, and near-daily strikes against Hezbollah operatives and their allies have continued.
President Joseph Aoun told Sky News Arabia on Wednesday that the Lebanese army now controls more than 85 percent of the country’s south, from which Hezbollah was obligated to withdraw under the ceasefire.
A Lebanese security source told AFP that Hezbollah had largely withdrawn from south of the Litani River, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the border with Israel, and had dismantled most of its military infrastructure in that area.
There has been no outside confirmation of the claim.
Israel was also obligated to withdraw its forces from southern Lebanon. It has pulled out from all but five strategic posts.
The Times of Israel Community.