3 Hezbollah operatives surrendered to IDF troops in Bint Jbeil, says military

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Soldiers of the Givati Brigade operate in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
Soldiers of the Givati Brigade operate in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Three Hezbollah operatives, including a member of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, surrendered to IDF troops in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil yesterday, the military says.

The IDF says that soldiers of the Givati Brigade had exchanged fire “from a close range” with a Hezbollah cell in Bint Jbeil, hitting the terror operatives.

“At the end of the battle, three terrorists threw down their weapons and surrendered to the troops,” the IDF says, adding that they were taken to Israel to be interrogated by the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504, which specializes in human intelligence.

Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, has been the focus of IDF operations in southern Lebanon in recent days.

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