The military says it struck two Hezbollah command posts in the Bekaa Valley while operatives were present, and attacked over 80 additional headquarters, launch positions, and infrastructure sites across Nabatieh and wider southern Lebanon since midnight. Dozens of Hezbollah operatives were killed in the strikes, according to the IDF, in the largest single-day operation since the ceasefire, in response to repeated Hezbollah violations.
The IDF confirmed Friday it struck two Hezbollah command headquarters in the Bekaa Valley, hitting them while operatives were inside, and attacked more than 80 additional targets — including rocket launchers and terrorist infrastructure — in the Nabatieh area and across southern Lebanon since midnight. Dozens of Hezbollah operatives were killed, according to the military, marking the largest single-day Israeli operation since the ceasefire began. The strikes, announced by the IDF at 08:41 Jerusalem, followed an overnight Hezbollah rocket attack on Israeli troops operating inside southern Lebanon; the IDF said it killed two operatives fleeing the launch site on a motorcycle and destroyed the launcher.
The military's Friday operations unfolded in several waves throughout the morning. At 08:41 Jerusalem, the IDF initially reported striking Hezbollah infrastructure deep inside Lebanon, without specifying locations; within the same hour, it identified the Beqaa Valley as the target area, then specified the town of Ain Bourdai in the Baalbek area. By 08:41 the IDF confirmed two command centers were struck with operatives inside, and reported the broader 80-target operation in Nabatieh and the southern security zone. Two thread items published simultaneously at 08:41 described the strikes as the third wave of Israeli counterattacks that morning, while a context item published at 12:30 Jerusalem Friday confirmed the IDF had killed the two operatives fleeing the rocket launch. The Lebanese Health Ministry, cited in thread items published at 08:41, reported 23 killed across 28 villages in strikes that began at midnight; those figures remain unverified by independent sources and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
As The Zioneer reported earlier Friday in a same-thread item, this operation comes a day after the death of Lt. Col. Dor Ben Simhon and three soldiers in a Hezbollah drone strike on their tank. The IDF has said it is acting in response to what it describes as repeated and ongoing ceasefire violations by Hezbollah, including the group's continued efforts to advance attack plans against Israeli forces. Background reporting from The Zioneer on Jun 14 noted the military had already struck over 70 Hezbollah sites in the preceding 24 hours and eliminated seven operatives from an underground route; on Jun 6, it reported the IDF had struck approximately 150 Hezbollah infrastructure sites over a weekend, with officers wounded in ground encounters and drone incidents.
The precise number of Hezbollah operatives killed in Friday's operations remains based solely on the IDF's own assessment. Lebanese casualty figures reported by the Health Ministry have not been independently verified. No details have been provided on the operational status of the two Bekaa headquarters that were struck or whether any senior Hezbollah commanders were among those eliminated.
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