The IDF confirmed it struck Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the Beqaa Valley in response to what it called repeated ceasefire violations and the group's continued efforts to advance attack plots against Israeli troops. The strike follows two earlier waves of IDF operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon this morning, as reported by The Zioneer at 09:44 and 10:55.
The IDF confirmed at 10:56 Jerusalem on Friday that it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the Beqaa Valley, marking the third wave of Israeli counterattacks this morning. The military said the strikes were in response to repeated ceasefire violations and Hezbollah's continued efforts to advance attack plots against Israeli troops. This latest strike follows two earlier IDF operations reported by The Zioneer — at 09:44, the IDF announced overnight and daytime strikes on Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon, and at 10:55, the military confirmed an initial wave of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Beqaa Valley.
The thread of this morning's operations unfolds against a sequence of escalating reports. At 08:41, the first unverified Lebanese reports emerged of dozens killed and wounded in ongoing strikes. By the same timestamp, Lebanon's Health Ministry reported 18 killed and 33 wounded in overnight strikes on southern Lebanon, a figure that later rose to 23 killed across 28 villages in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa. Lebanese sources also reported at least 30 killed across strikes in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa, though these figures remain unverified and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
As The Zioneer reported on June 10 and June 16, the IDF has struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley in recent weeks, including a weapons cache near Tyre and infrastructure in the Nabatieh area. On June 14, the IDF confirmed Hezbollah fire struck Israeli territory, with a potential Israeli response in Beirut under consideration, according to defense officials.
The IDF has not provided specific details on the targets or damage from the latest Beqaa Valley strikes, nor elaborated on the precise nature of the alleged ceasefire violations. Casualty figures from Lebanese sources have not been independently verified.
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