Three IDF soldiers were seriously wounded in a Hezbollah attack in the security zone in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Israeli media. In response, the IDF struck a Hezbollah command post and killed a battalion commander from the Radwan special forces unit. The military said it discovered after the strike that Hezbollah had deliberately placed civilians inside the compound, effectively using them as human shields.
The IDF confirmed Saturday evening that a Radwan Force battalion commander was killed in a retaliatory strike in southern Lebanon, and alleged that Hezbollah deliberately positioned civilians inside the targeted compound, using them as human shields. The confirmation came hours after a Hezbollah attack in the security zone left three IDF soldiers seriously wounded, prompting the Israeli response.
At 11:44 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Israeli forces struck Hezbollah infrastructure and a battalion commander was reportedly killed, but the military had not yet officially confirmed the death. The IDF's subsequent statement now corroborates the killing and adds the human shields claim, marking an evolution from unverified reports to an official military disclosure.
The Radwan Force is Hezbollah's elite special operations unit, responsible for cross-border infiltration plans. As The Zioneer previously reported, over 1,300 Hezbollah operatives have been eliminated since the ceasefire understandings took effect, with a systematic decapitation of field command chains. The IDF has also struck over 70 Hezbollah sites in recent operations.
The identities and conditions of the three wounded soldiers remain undisclosed. The human shields allegation is a claim by the IDF; independent verification is not yet available.
5 developments
Source and signal
- Open-source intake