The IDF said it struck a vehicle carrying several suspects that crossed the ceasefire line in the Ali Taher ridge area and posed a threat to troops. Lebanese media reported two dead.
The IDF confirmed Wednesday evening that it carried out an airstrike against a vehicle in southern Lebanon that crossed into the Israeli Security Zone, striking it to remove a threat to troops. Lebanese media reported two dead. The confirmation, at 19:43 Jerusalem, follows a thread of interdictions at the same Ali Taher ridge area.
At 19:43 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that the Israeli Air Force struck two suspects who crossed the Security Zone in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area and posed a threat to troops; that earlier version did not specify fatalities. The new IDF confirmation adds that several suspects were in the vehicle and that the strike was carried out to remove the threat, with Lebanese media now providing the two-fatality report.
The area is a known Hezbollah operational zone, as The Zioneer reported on Tuesday, when troops fired on four Hezbollah operatives crossing the same ridge. Last Saturday, the IDF confirmed dozens of overnight airstrikes across southern Lebanon, and Lebanese sources reported five killed on the Ali Taher ridge, though combatant status remained unverified.
The IDF has not specified the affiliation of the suspects in Wednesday evening's strike, and the report of two fatalities remains attributed solely to Lebanese media, pending official confirmation.
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