An Israeli fighter jet struck a target near the village of al-Tibnah in southern Lebanon a short time ago, according to journalists Doron Kadosh and Moria Asraf. The area is one where IDF ground forces are currently operating.
An Israeli Air Force jet struck a target in the al-Tibnah area of southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening, according to journalists Doron Kadosh and Moria Asraf. The strike occurred in a region where IDF ground forces are currently operating, though the specific target and any resulting casualties have not been reported. No immediate comment was available from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
The new strike updates a thread The Zioneer has been tracking since Wednesday afternoon: at 14:45 Jerusalem, the desk reported an IAF strike targeting the village of Tebnit (al-Tibnah) in southern Lebanon, citing Lebanese reports that noted Israeli ground operations in the area. The current report, from two Israeli journalists, confirms the location and grounds it in active ground operations — adding a direct on-the-ground journalistic source to what had previously been sourced only to Lebanese reports.
The timing of the airstrike coincides with the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States, during which President Trump told Modi he wants Israel to be able to defend itself in Lebanon but to act "with discretion," as The Zioneer reported at 17:25 Jerusalem Wednesday. The Biden administration had consistently pressed Israel to de-escalate operations against Hezbollah; the Trump remark signals a somewhat more permissive — though still qualified — U.S. posture toward Israeli operations on the northern front.
As The Zioneer reported at 07:25 Jerusalem Wednesday, Reserve Lt. Col. Amit Yagur questioned President Trump's apparent shift toward pursuing a diplomatic deal with Iran, which Israeli analysts have described as alarming for Jerusalem. The strike on al-Tibnah is one of several recent Israeli operations inside Lebanese territory amid the ongoing ground campaign against Hezbollah infrastructure near the border. The nature of the target and any Hezbollah response remain unconfirmed.
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