IDF Says It Struck Armed Militants and Hezbollah Launch Sites in South Lebanon

The IDF said on Tuesday that it attacked an armed militant cell operating near Israeli forces in the al-Taher vehicle area, north of the security zone, after identifying the fighters. According to the army, the strike was meant to remove an immediate threat. Earlier reports from Lebanon said two people were killed and several others wounded in the southern town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

The military also said it destroyed the launchers used by Hezbollah to fire rockets at northern Israeli communities on Sunday morning. In a separate statement, the IDF said Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets at Israeli forces overnight on Saturday, calling it a violation of the ceasefire agreement. The army said it would not accept harm to civilians or its troops and would respond “with force.”

The commander in the Northern Command said: “The impact of the strike and the weakening of the radical regime in Iran is also felt in the campaign against Hezbollah; so far Northern Command has killed more than 400 Hezbollah terrorists.”

The IDF added that, in response to what it called Hezbollah’s “blatant violations,” it struck dozens of Hezbollah terror assets and operatives across southern Lebanon overnight, including rocket launch positions, weapons depots and command posts. It said it remains committed to the ceasefire under the political leadership’s instructions and will continue acting to remove any threat to Israel and IDF forces. After the strike in southern Lebanon that killed two people, Iran’s representative to the UN said, “Any violation of the memorandum of understanding will pose challenges to the negotiations.”