Hezbollah issued a statement Saturday claiming it engaged an IDF Commando Brigade unit attempting to seize an unoccupied hill near Al-Qahtaniya, southern Lebanon, killing and wounding multiple soldiers. The group says it remains committed to the Friday ceasefire but will oppose any Israeli territorial advances.
Hezbollah released a detailed statement Saturday evening claiming it intercepted an overnight infiltration attempt by an IDF Commando Brigade unit near the hill of Al-Qahtaniya in southern Lebanon — adding that the IDF has repeatedly tried and failed to seize this particular position. The group claimed its fighters inflicted an unspecified number of dead and wounded on the Israeli force before intensive Israeli air raids targeted the area, which Hezbollah described as a cover for the military failure.
This incident follows a similar Hezbollah claim earlier Saturday regarding an IDF attempt to advance on the Ali al-Taher ridge, as The Zioneer reported at 15:30. In both cases, Hezbollah frames itself as upholding the ceasefire that took effect Friday evening, June 19, while rejecting what it calls Israeli expansion. The IDF has not yet commented on the night's ground activity near Al-Qahtaniya, nor on the casualties Hezbollah claims.
The ceasefire, which began at nightfall Friday, has been fragile from the outset: the IDF accused Hezbollah of violations within hours, and the group has now publicly described at least two incidents of Israeli ground probing since then. The area of Al-Qahtaniya lies in the contested southern Lebanese border zone where Israeli forces hold terrain but have not fully pacified.
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