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Monday, March 9, 2026
IDF says Hezbollah gunmen operating in ‘Christian village’ in south Lebanon targeted in strike
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The military publishes a drone video showing the identification of armed Hezbollah gunmen operating in a “Christian village” in southern Lebanon.
According to the IDF, after the operatives were identified by troops of the 300th “Baram” Regional Brigade entering a building, an Israeli Air Force fighter jet struck the site and killed them.
The military does not name the village. It says Hezbollah’s activity in the area “constitutes another example of the cynical exploitation of civilian infrastructure for terrorist purposes” by the terror group.
#عاجل وخطير ???? تصفية خلية إرهابية من حزب الله في قرية مسيحية بجنوب لبنان
????تعمل قوات اللواء 300 بقيادة الفرقة 146 في منطقة جنوب لبنان في إطار عملية الدفاع الأمامي.
????وخلال النشاط رصدت القوات خلية تابعة لحزب الله الإرهابي تدخل إلى موقع داخل قرية مسيحية تقع في جنوب لبنان حيث قامت… pic.twitter.com/hlmnqeojqy
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) March 9, 2026
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