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Sunday, December 8, 2024
IDF confirms strike on south Lebanon village, says it targeted Hezbollah operatives at weapons depot
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms carrying out an airstrike in the southern Lebanon village of Dibbine, close to Marjayoun, earlier today, saying it targeted a group of Hezbollah operatives at a weapons depot.
According to the IDF, the weapons depot and operatives “posed a threat… while violating the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
“These terrorists directed and carried out terror plots against IDF troops and Israeli civilians in recent months,” the military says.
The IDF says it carried out strikes in other areas of southern Lebanon today, targeting Hezbollah operatives. Under the ceasefire agreement, the operatives are meant to withdraw to north of the Litani River.
The IDF is still deployed to southern Lebanon, and it has until late January to withdraw under the ceasefire deal.
כלי טיס של חיל האוויר, בהכוונת מרכז האש של אוגדה 98, תקף מחבלים מארגון הטרור חיזבאללה שפעלו במחסן אמצעי לחימה בדרום לבנון והיוו איום במרחב, תוך הפרת ההבנות בין ישראל ללבנון.
מחבלים אלו הכווינו והוציאו לפועל מתווי טרור נגד כוחות צה״ל ואזרחי מדינת ישראל בחודשים האחרונים >> pic.twitter.com/1PJg2gKuU4— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) December 8, 2024
