IDF says it’s carrying out strikes to destroy Hezbollah capabilities in south Lebanon

By Emanuel Fabian

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19 September 2024, 5:06 pm 16 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border on September 19, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

The IDF announces that it is carrying out a wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, aimed at taking away the terror group’s capabilities.

“The Hezbollah terror organization has turned southern Lebanon into a war zone, and for decades armed the homes of the citizens with weapons, dug tunnels under them and used them as human shields,” the IDF says.

“The IDF is working to create security in the north that will allow the residents to return to their homes, and to achieve all the other war goals,” the military adds.

Lebanese media report large Israeli airstrikes near Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district.