Israel's military struck two Hezbollah command centers in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, hitting them while operatives were inside, in response to what the IDF described as repeated ceasefire violations by the group, according to an IDF statement. The operation follows a night of heavy strikes in which Israeli forces hit more than 80 Hezbollah positions — including command posts, launch sites, and terrorist infrastructure — in the Nabatieh area and other zones in southern Lebanon's security zone and beyond.
The IDF struck two Hezbollah command headquarters in the Beqaa Valley on Friday afternoon, hitting them while Hezbollah operatives were inside, the military said. The strikes were described as a direct response to repeated ceasefire violations by the group. The daylight attack follows a morning of escalating Israeli action: The Zioneer reported at Fri 08:41 Jerusalem that the IDF had struck Hezbollah infrastructure in the same valley, and by mid-morning confirmed the strikes targeted the town of Ain Bourdai in the Baalbek area. The latest operation marks a further intensification, striking command centers with operatives present.
The thread of Israeli operations this Friday began overnight, when Lebanese sources reported strikes hitting 28 villages in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa, with the Lebanese Health Ministry reporting 23 killed as of Fri 08:41 Jerusalem — figures The Zioneer noted were unverified (the thread's versions 4 and 5, both timestamped Fri 08:41 Jerusalem). Earlier in the morning, a second wave of strikes targeted over 80 Hezbollah positions in the Nabatieh area and beyond, the IDF said. By Fri 08:41 Jerusalem, the IDF confirmed strikes in the Beqaa Valley, initially described as infrastructure targets, and then specified as the town of Ain Bourdai. With this latest strike, the military has now conducted at least three waves of operations across southern and eastern Lebanon since midnight. The source quality has evolved from unverified Lebanese media reports to on-record IDF statements specifying locations and targets.
As The Zioneer has reported, the IDF has been steadily escalating strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon over recent weeks, citing persistent violations of the November 2024 ceasefire. The Beqaa Valley is a known Hezbollah stronghold and a key logistics corridor, well north of the UN-demarcated ceasefire line. The IDF has stated that Hezbollah continues to advance and execute attack plots against Israeli forces.
No reports on casualties or damage from the latest strike were available as of publication.
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