Two Hezbollah operatives were killed by IDF fire in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, southern Lebanon, according to security sources. In a separate incident, several gunmen advancing toward Israeli forces on the Ali Taher ridge were eliminated after ignoring calls to halt. The total killed today in southern Lebanon is estimated at 4–6.
The estimated death toll from today's IDF operations in southern Lebanon climbed to 4–6, as security analysts assessed that the two operatives killed on the Ali Taher ridge — in addition to the two identified earlier in Nabatieh al-Fawqa — possibly bring the total to that range. The military has not formally confirmed the higher tally.
At 13:14 Jerusalem, the IDF confirmed an airstrike on an armed Hezbollah cell near the Ali al-Taher ridge (version 1). By 13:14, Lebanese media identified the two operatives killed in Nabatieh al-Fawqa as Muhammad Amaaz and Sajed Ali (version 2). An Israeli military source confirmed those identifications at the same time (version 3). The earlier events today, however, included a separate incident in which IDF machine-gun fire killed two civilians gathering bodies in Nabatieh at 15:24 Jerusalem, as Hezbollah and the IDF acknowledged.
Earlier background from The Zioneer: On Thu Jun 18, an artillery strike killed three in the same village; on Sun Jun 14, two were killed in a motorcycle strike in Nabatieh; and on Sat Jun 20, five were reported killed on the Ali Taher ridge in an Israeli strike.
The 4–6 figure remains an analyst estimate — the lower bound includes the two confirmed Nabatieh kills, the upper bound adds the Ali Taher ridge eliminations. The IDF has not published an official combined count.
4 developments
- StrongIDF eliminates Hezbollah operative near tunnel shaft, strikes vehicle threat at Ali al-Taher Ridge
- ConfirmedHezbollah claims ceasefire violation as IDF fires on civilians in Nabatieh
- ConfirmedIDF confirms second strike of the day in Nabatieh, hits Hezbollah operatives approaching troops
- ConfirmedIDF confirms dozens of overnight airstrikes across southern Lebanon, dismisses comment on Ali al-Taher clashes
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