IDF says it killed Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon

Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

Flames rise from an Israeli airstrike that hit a building in the village of Kfar Hatta, south Lebanon, January 11, 2026. (AP/Mohammad Zaatari)
Flames rise from an Israeli airstrike that hit a building in the village of Kfar Hatta, south Lebanon, January 11, 2026. (AP/Mohammad Zaatari)

The IDF says the strike that it carried out earlier this evening in the area of southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil killed a Hezbollah operative “involved in efforts to rehabilitate Hezbollah’s military infrastructure.”

According to the military, his activity constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.

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