The IDF has intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, increasing strikes on terror infrastructure throughout the region. The Times of Israel reports that the most recent operation eliminated three Hezbollah operatives in the Bint Jbeil area.
At the same time, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Lebanese government must work to disarm the Iranian-backed terror group or face increased strikes from the IDF.
The IDF says operatives had been identified by the 91st “Galilee” Regional Division’s 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit, and a short while later, they were struck and killed.
The 91st Division has been deployed to the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, part of the IDF’s “enhanced forward defense posture,” after Hezbollah began attacking Israel this month.
The division has been focusing on dismantling Hezbollah’s anti-tank missile launch sites and eliminating members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force in their area of operations.
The military deployed troops deeper in southern Lebanon in the past week, saying it aims to “establish a forward defense that will create an additional security layer for the residents of the north.”
The IDF also reported that it destroyed the Litani River bridge in Lebanon, which Hezbollah had been using to move operatives and weapons from the northern part of the country to the south.
This morning, the terror group launched rockets into the Western Galilee, striking a home in Kibbutz Kabri. No one was killed, but two people sustained minor injuries and were treated by Magen David Adom.
Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved expanded operations in southern Lebanon in response to Hezbollah concentrating its resources in the south near the border.
The Fellowship and its supporters continue to pray for the success of the IDF as it defends Israel’s vulnerable northern communities – and for the eventual liberation of Lebanon from Hezbollah.
