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Thursday, May 16, 2024
IDF says it struck 10 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon in response to drone strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The military says it carried out strikes against some 10 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon a short while ago, including buildings where operatives were gathered.
The IDF also confirms that earlier today it carried out a drone strike on a vehicle with two Hezbollah operatives, near the southern Lebanon towns of Qana and Seddiqine.
According to the IDF, the pair were “en route to carrying out an immediate terror attack” against Israel.
Fighter jets, meanwhile, struck several Hezbollah sites, including a building and an observation post in Mays al-Jabal, another building in Kafr Qila, and two more buildings in Naqoura and Houla, where operatives were gathered, the IDF says.
מוקדם יותר היום כלי טיס של חיל האוויר תקפו חוליית מחבלים במרחב קנא שבשטח לבנון שהיו בדרכם לממש מתווה טרור מיידי לעבר שטח הארץ.
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