Israeli military sources confirm Hezbollah operatives fired an anti-tank missile and several mortar shells at IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on Monday, causing no casualties. The IDF spokesperson confirmed the details only hours later, late Monday night, according to a military correspondent. The troops reported they were not authorized to respond.
Hezbollah operatives fired an anti-tank missile and several mortar shells at IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on Monday, June 15, according to a military correspondent. The IDF spokesperson confirmed the details only hours later, late Monday night, without offering an explanation for the delay. The troops reported they were not authorized to respond. No casualties were reported among Israeli forces.
The desk first tracked this incident at 19:04 Jerusalem Monday, based on a single unverified Lebanese media report of a Kornet missile fired at an Israeli tank column. Within the same minute, a second report — still unverified — claimed the Israeli Air Force had refrained from responding on orders of the political echelon. By 19:04 Jerusalem, the IDF confirmed it was investigating the report. The military's confirmation of the attack and the absence of casualties came late Monday night, as the drill-down shows. This confirms the attack itself but does not address the earlier claim about a withheld response.
The attack is the latest in a pattern of ongoing Hezbollah fire at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon despite the announcement of a ceasefire agreement. As The Zioneer reported Monday at 21:13 Jerusalem, Hezbollah claimed its first attack on Israeli forces since the ceasefire began, and at 23:31 Jerusalem, the IDF said it struck seven immediate threats from Hezbollah across multiple incidents on Monday alone.
What remains open: whether troops were denied authorization to return fire, as they reported. The military has not commented on that claim.
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