The IDF announced on Saturday that Hezbollah launched over 50 rockets and mortars at Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon overnight, calling it a repeated violation of the ceasefire. In response, Israeli forces struck dozens of Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites and operatives, including rocket launchers, weapons depots, and command posts.
The IDF announced at 15:17 Jerusalem that it struck dozens of Hezbollah terror targets overnight in response to more than 50 rockets and mortars launched at Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon. This is the third version of the story since 11:54 Jerusalem, when the thread opened with a Reuters-sourced report from a senior Israeli military source.
At 11:54 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported the overnight barrage based on a single anonymous source (a senior Israeli military official speaking to Reuters). By the second bulletin at 11:54 Jerusalem (version 2), the IDF had confirmed the launches and the strike response on record. The current bulletin adds the official IDF Spokesperson's Unit statement, the specific classification of targets (rocket launchers, weapons depots, command posts), and the repeated-citation of the ceasefire violation.
As The Zioneer reported on Friday June 19 at 09:18 Jerusalem, the IDF had already launched heavy strikes in Lebanon after what it termed "significant" Hezbollah ceasefire violations. Earlier on Monday June 15 at 21:13 Jerusalem, Hezbollah claimed its first attack on Israeli forces since the ceasefire began, using drones and anti-tank missiles. The pattern of Hezbollah fire and Israeli retaliatory strikes has continued for days, as The Zioneer has documented in multiple bulletins since early June.
The IDF statement did not provide immediate details on casualties among Israeli troops from the overnight barrage. The thread's first version reported no Israeli casualties; later versions have not updated that. The precise extent of damage to the struck Hezbollah targets, and whether any Lebanese civilians were affected, remains unverified from independent sources.
3 developments
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- StrongIDF strikes Hezbollah launchers and drone infrastructure in Tyre, southern Lebanon
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