IDF confirms Hezbollah drone hit bulldozer, breaking Lebanon truce

The military confirms an unmanned engineering vehicle was struck overnight by a Hezbollah explosive drone in the Ali Taher Ridge area of southern Lebanon, in the IDF’s buffer zone.

The attack on the armored bulldozer, the first since the start of the framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon in late June, caused no injuries, according to the army.

“This is a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon by the Hezbollah terror organization,” the IDF says.

Israel is currently deliberating a response to the violation of the ceasefire, according to security officials.

Israel says Hezbollah has a massive underground complex under the Ali Taher Ridge, near Nabatieh, and the IDF estimates that dozens of operatives are holed up in the area.

However, because of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is prevented from capturing the underground passages beneath the ridge.

The army says forces “continue to operate in the ridge area and will not allow terrorists in the area to advance or carry out terror attacks against IDF troops.”