The IDF carried out an extensive wave of strikes in southern Lebanon overnight and Friday morning, following a Hezbollah attack that killed an Israeli battalion commander and several soldiers, Israeli media and military sources report. The escalation also led to the cancellation of talks in Switzerland.
The IDF launched a large-scale wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon overnight and into Friday morning, in direct retaliation for a Hezbollah attack that killed an Israeli battalion commander and several soldiers, according to Israeli media and military sources. One of the fallen soldiers was identified as Sgt. Naveh Havshush, whose family confirmed his death.
As The Zioneer reported at 09:57, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir released a statement Friday morning calling for an overwhelming response, saying 'Lebanon as a whole must burn' and urging the prime minister to 'go crazy, wipe out, defeat terror.'
The overnight Hezbollah ambush — which also killed a senior IDF officer (a battalion commander, or magad) — is among the deadliest single engagements for Israeli forces in the current campaign. The escalation prompted the cancellation of diplomatic talks in Switzerland, though further details on those negotiations were not immediately available. The IDF's retaliatory strikes targeted multiple towns in southern Lebanon, including the village of Sir in the south, according to local reports. Casualty figures on the Lebanese side have not yet been confirmed.
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