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Friday, January 2, 2026
IDF strikes Hezbollah Radwan Force training site, weapons depots in southern Lebanon
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The IDF says it carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon a short while ago, including a training compound used by the group’s elite Radwan Force.
According to the IDF, the site was used to train operatives for planning and carrying out attacks against Israeli forces and civilians, including live-fire drills and weapons training. The military says it also struck additional Hezbollah structures used to store weapons in recent periods.
The IDF says the activity constitutes a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and vowed to continue acting against threats posed by Hezbollah.
???? Israeli warplanes have carried out an airstrike on the area of Wadi al-Akhdar in Iqlim al-Tuffah and the Sajed hills, according to our correspondent in the South. More than five Israeli warplanes are flying over South Lebanon at a low altitude. pic.twitter.com/DZ2cLhSLBc
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