IDF says troops killed 20 Hezbollah members, seized hundreds of weapons north of Litani in recent days

By Emanuel Fabian

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2 June 2026, 7:17 pm

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

IDF troops of the Givati Brigade capture Hezbollah weapons in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo released on June 2, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

The military says troops of the Givati Brigade captured hundreds of weapons and directed strikes that killed some 20 Hezbollah operatives during operations north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon in recent days.

The brigade has been operating in the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Zawtar al-Gharbiya, west of the Beaufort Castle, as part of efforts to “strengthen operational control in southern Lebanon, and to remove the direct threat to the Galilee Panhandle and Metula,” the IDF says.

So far during the raids in the area, the military says, the brigade has directed over 100 airstrikes, killing some 20 Hezbollah operatives, alongside locating “hundreds of weapons in civilian homes in the area.”