IDF says Lebanon airstrikes targeted rocket launchers, commanders from elite Radwan Force

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

The site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah in the village of Douris, near Baalbeck in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, seen on March 6, 2026 (Nidal SOLH / AFP)
The site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah in the village of Douris, near Baalbeck in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, seen on March 6, 2026 (Nidal SOLH / AFP)

A wave of Israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon overnight targeted Hezbollah sites, the military says.

The IDF says that the strikes in several areas of southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley hit rocket launchers, caches of weapons and military sites belonging to the terror group.

The IDF does not comment on the reports of a helicopter landing operation in the Beqaa Valley area, apparently linked to attempts to recover the body of Ron Arad.

In a separate strike yesterday, the military says it struck several commanders in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, along with two buildings used by the unit, in the southern town of Majdal Selem.

The IDF says the Radwan commanders “had recently been working to advance and carry out various terror attack plans against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.”

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