An Israeli Air Force drone struck and killed two Hezbollah operatives who posed an immediate threat to troops near the village of Tibnah in southern Lebanon, the IDF said. The strike is the latest in a series of engagements along the border.
The Israeli Air Force struck and killed two Hezbollah operatives in the southern Lebanese village of Tibnah on Thursday morning, after the operatives were identified posing an immediate threat to IDF troops operating in the area. The military confirmed the precision drone strike.
Tibnah — also transliterated as al-Tibnah — lies near the Ali al-Taher ridge sector, which has been a recurring flashpoint. As The Zioneer previously reported, Hezbollah claimed on June 19 to have hit Israeli vehicles and repelled an advance near al-Tibnah using successive rockets, and the IDF separately struck a vehicle carrying two suspects who crossed the security perimeter in the same ridge area on June 24. The area is part of the operational buffer zone south of the Litani River.
The Thursday morning strike follows a pattern of IDF preemptive targeting of Hezbollah operatives who approach Israeli forces, documented in multiple incidents in recent weeks. All reported claims remain one-sided; Hezbollah has not issued an official statement on the strike.
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