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Monday, February 26, 2024
IDF confirms carrying out strikes on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An Israeli airstrike is seen near Baalbek in northeast Lebanon (left) after a IDF Hermes 450 drone was shot down by a Hezbollah missile (right) over southern Lebanon, February 26, 2024. (Screenshot: X)
The IDF confirms it carried out strikes with fighter jets against several sites belonging to Hezbollah’s air defense unit in the Beqaa Valley.
The strikes come in response to the terror group shooting down an IDF Hermes 450 drone over southern Lebanon this morning, the IDF says.
According to Lebanese media, the strikes took place near the city of Baalbek in northeast Lebanon, marking the deepest publicly confirmed Israeli strikes in Lebanon in years.
Baalbek, an area identified in the past as a Hezbollah stronghold, is nearly 100 kilometers from the Israeli border.
At least two Hezbollah members were killed in the strikes.
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