The Israeli Air Force struck and dismantled the rocket launcher from which Hezbollah had fired at IDF troops in southern Lebanon, the military said Wednesday. The strike hit the launcher while it was still loaded and ready to fire additional rockets; the resulting secondary launches fell in open areas. Video of the strike was released.
The Israeli Air Force struck and destroyed the Hezbollah rocket launcher within minutes of it firing at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon on Wednesday evening, the IDF announced shortly after 22:00 Jerusalem. According to the military, the launcher was still loaded and ready to fire additional rockets when it was hit; secondary launches from the strike fell in open areas in southern Lebanon without causing casualties or triggering alerts. The IDF released footage of the strike.
The strike caps a sequence of developments that The Zioneer tracked on Wednesday. At 13:51 Jerusalem, a single unverified report said projectiles were fired at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Within the same minute — as confirmed by multiple thread items — the IDF reported that the Iron Dome had intercepted several rockets; the air force also intercepted a UAV, while some rockets fell near troops without causing injuries. No civil-defense alerts were activated, in line with policy. The new IDF statement confirms that the launcher used in that attack was destroyed minutes after the initial fire.
The rapid-response strike is part of a pattern The Zioneer has reported repeatedly in recent days and weeks. On Tuesday, the IDF destroyed a Hezbollah rocket launcher and struck a suspicious vehicle in southern Lebanon. On June 12, the air force destroyed five launchers Hezbollah had used to fire at troops. On June 7, the IDF destroyed launchers used in a Hezbollah rocket attack on northern Israeli communities, and special forces killed two drone operators. Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets and anti-tank missiles at Israeli troops operating on the Lebanese side of the border.
The IDF's announcement Wednesday constitutes the military's on-record confirmation of the launcher destruction — moving the thread from unverified initial reports and partial interception accounts to a confirmed kinetic response. No further details on the launcher's location or Hezbollah casualties were provided by the IDF, and the military did not comment on the source of the initial rocket fire.
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