The IDF confirmed Friday it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley in response to ceasefire violations. Unverified Lebanese sources report at least 30 killed across strikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa. The IDF did not provide casualty figures.
The IDF confirmed in a brief statement Friday morning at 10:51 that it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, citing violations of the November 2024 ceasefire. The confirmation came alongside continued reports of a wider wave of strikes across southern Lebanon and the Bekaa. Unverified Lebanese sources, cited by a single source, reported at least 30 killed in the strikes. The IDF did not provide a target count or casualty figures, and the Lebanese figures have not been independently verified and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
The development follows a sequence of reports The Zioneer has tracked since Friday 08:41 Jerusalem, when Lebanese media first reported dozens of casualties. Over the next hours, Lebanon's Health Ministry reported 18 killed and 33 wounded (08:41), then 23 killed across 28 villages in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa (08:41), and finally the IDF's own confirmation. A separate IDF statement at Fri 09:44 Jerusalem said the military struck Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure in southern Lebanon overnight. The current Bekaa confirmation represents a geographic expansion of the operations for this wave, striking deeper into Lebanese territory than the southern-focused overnight raids.
The wider campaign has been ongoing since the ceasefire. As The Zioneer reported on Sun Jun 14, 00:06 Jerusalem, the IDF said it had struck more than 70 Hezbollah sites and eliminated seven operatives from an underground route. Additional background from earlier in the thread, including a June 5 report of strikes on Hezbollah targets and a June 11 account of continued IDF operations, underscores the sustained tempo of operations across the past two weeks.
The situation remains fluid, and the scale of the current operation—including whether the Bekaa strikes mark a new phase or a single targeted raid—is not yet clear. No Hezbollah response or Israeli civil-defense changes have been reported at this hour.
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- DevelopingIDF says it struck 70+ Hezbollah sites, eliminated seven operatives from underground route
- StrongIDF says Hezbollah fired over 50 rockets at troops in south Lebanon overnight; strikes dozens of targets in response
- StrongIDF strikes Hezbollah targets near Baalbek in deep Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF strikes 150 Hezbollah targets; officers wounded in ground encounters, drone incidents
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