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Friday, June 26, 2026
IDF says it killed 7 Hezbollah operatives transporting weapons near its south Lebanon buffer zone
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The Israeli Air Force struck and killed seven Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon this morning, after they were identified transporting weapons near Israel’s buffer zone, the military says.
The IDF says the operatives were spotted by troops of the Egoz Commando Unit near the village of Manzleh moving weapons into a structure “used as a combat and observation post” and to prepare to carry out attacks on troops.
“The terrorists’ actions at the post alongside the presence of the weapons within it constituted a threat to the soldiers,” the military says.
شاهدوا التوثيق: قضى جيش الدفاع على سبعة مخربين من منظمة حزب الله الإرهابية لإزالة تهديد، بعد أن نقلوا وسائل قتالية بالقرب من قوات جيش الدفاع في جنوب لبنان
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