Israeli troops from the 769th Regional Brigade completed an operation in the village of Dibbine, approximately 12 km north of the border, some weeks ago, the military disclosed. The IDF said the forces located "significant" weapons depots in the village, which Hezbollah had used to stage attacks, including anti-tank missile fire, on Israeli forces and communities. The Air Force struck roughly 50 Hezbollah sites during the operation.
The IDF's Thursday disclosure of a weeks-old raid on the village of Dibbine (Dabbin) adds operational detail to a campaign the military has largely kept under wraps. The 769th 'Hiram' Regional Brigade — a reserve formation responsible for the eastern sector of the border — led ground forces into a village that sits north of the IDF's forward defense line, deeper than routine cross-border operations. By the time the operation concluded, the military stated that over 30 Hezbollah operatives had been eliminated and more than 50 targets struck. The initial announcement, published at 12:00 Jerusalem in two successive reports, framed the raid as the discovery of 'significant' arms caches and did not immediately include the count of operatives killed; the second thread item, published at the same time, added that figure, indicating that the IDF had released the fuller picture either in a single updated statement or in rapid succession.
As The Zioneer reported on June 4, the Lebanese Army later deployed in Dibbine after IDF forces withdrew, clearing debris in preparation for the return of the local Shiite population — a territorial-control shift the IDF did not comment on at the time. Thursday's announcement frames the raid as a targeted strike against a Hezbollah staging ground, with 50 airstrikes and the discovery of 'significant' arms caches. The official date of the operation itself has not been specified; the IDF has referred to it only as taking place 'weeks ago.'
The operation underscores Israel's willingness to push ground forces beyond the immediate border strip when it assesses that Hezbollah is using deeper villages to threaten Israeli communities. The broader context, as covered by The Zioneer on June 8 and June 10, includes ongoing IDF strikes in other southern Lebanon villages such as Tebnit, Siddiqin, and Houmin al-Fawqa, where reports of casualties have emerged from Lebanese sources but have not been officially confirmed by the IDF. Casualty figures for the Dibbine operation specifically, beyond the stated 30 operatives killed, have not been disclosed; the IDF statement focused on the weapons and the infrastructure uncovered.
3 developments
- StrongIDF releases footage of Hezbollah operative elimination in Dabin, southern Lebanon
- StrongIDF finds Hezbollah weapons cache next to baby crib in southern Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF strikes dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon overnight
- DevelopingIDF says it struck 70+ Hezbollah sites, eliminated seven operatives from underground route
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