IDF says reserve brigade deployed in southern Lebanon to widen ground offensive

The IDF says it has further expanded its ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, with a reserve brigade being deployed to carry out “targeted operations.”

Reservists of the 8th Armored Brigade, operating under the 91st “Galilee” Regional Division, are working to “expand ground activity to protect residents of the north,” the IDF says.

The military says the reservists killed several Hezbollah operatives in close-quarters combat, including a cell that intended to fire anti-tank missiles at the forces.

The reservists also captured weapons during raids on Hezbollah sites, the army says.

The IDF says that elsewhere in southern Lebanon, the 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade, operating under the 146th Division, directed airstrikes on two cells of Hezbollah gunmen.