The IDF says it struck approximately 10 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Bint Jbeil, Beit Yahoun, Kounine, and Braachit on Thursday, and struck a weapons truck overnight after troops spotted a Hezbollah cell transferring arms. Secondary explosions confirmed the truck carried weapons, according to the military. The strikes were in response to Hezbollah attacks on IDF soldiers and ceasefire violations.
The IDF on Friday afternoon confirmed it struck approximately 10 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and a weapons truck in southern Lebanon, specifying the strikes hit the areas of Bint Jbeil, Beit Yahoun, Kounine, and Braachit. The military said the operations, which included overnight strikes on the truck after troops from the 91st Division spotted a Hezbollah cell transferring arms, were a response to continued ceasefire violations and attacks on Israeli forces. Secondary explosions confirmed the truck was carrying weapons. The Zioneer first reported the strikes at 14:04 Jerusalem, with initial accounts noting the truck strike triggered secondary explosions. Successive updates — at 14:04 and 14:17 Jerusalem — added that the operations were in response to a ceasefire violation that harmed IDF forces, and that the military had officially stated the strikes were retaliation for Hezbollah attacks. The locations named in the latest IDF statement match the areas reported from the outset.
The operations are part of a broader IDF campaign against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire. As The Zioneer reported on June 6, the IDF struck approximately 150 Hezbollah sites over a weekend, with encounters leaving officers wounded. On June 10, the military targeted launchers and drone infrastructure in Tyre, and on June 20 a heavy overnight barrage of over 50 rockets was labeled a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire. More recently, on June 19, large-scale air operations followed the killing of four Israeli soldiers.
The IDF has not reported any additional Hezbollah attacks since Friday's strikes, and the military has released footage of both the infrastructure strikes and the weapons truck engagement. The specific nature of the ceasefire violations that triggered Friday's operations has not been detailed.
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