IAF says it carried out largest wave of strikes on Hezbollah since fighting started

The Israeli Air Force says it has just completed its largest wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon since the start of the fighting, targeting 100 sites within 10 minutes.

According to the IDF, the targets hit in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon included Hezbollah command centers and other military infrastructure.

The military says that among the targets were intelligence headquarters and offices used by Hezbollah to plan attacks on IDF troops and Israeli civilians; infrastructure of Hezbollah’s rocket and naval units; and assets of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force and aerial unit.

“This is the largest attack carried out against Hezbollah’s infrastructures since the start of Operation Roaring Lion,” the military says.

The IDF says that most of the sites were located “within the heart of the civilian population, as part of Hezbollah’s cynical exploitation of Lebanese civilians as human shields in order to safeguard its operations.”

Ahead of strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs and areas of southern Lebanon, the IDF issued evacuation warnings for Lebanese civilians.