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Monday, October 23, 2023
IDF says rocket crew bombed in southern Lebanon
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it has carried out a drone strike against another terror cell in southern Lebanon.
The IDF says the cell was preparing to launch rockets at the Mount Dov area on the northern border.
כלי טיס של צה"ל תקף לפני זמן קצר חוליית מחבלים שזוהתה במרחב הר דב וניסתה לשגר רקטות משטח לבנון לעבר שטח ישראל pic.twitter.com/NiqsxamwM7
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 23, 2023
It marks the fourth cell the IDF has struck today, during repeated missile and rocket attacks by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian terror factions.