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IDF: Hezbollah operative killed by Israeli troops in Ayta ash-Shab, southern Lebanon
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hezbollah operative was killed by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shab earlier today, the military says.
The IDF says it collected intelligence on the operative in recent months, and recently he had worked to collect intel on Israeli forces and rebuild Hezbollah’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
“The terrorist’s activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the area,” the army says.
Following the intelligence-gathering operations, troops of the 300th “Baram” Regional Brigade killed the operative, the army says.
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