A suspected projectile struck an IDF tank around 00:20 near the village of Tibnin in southern Lebanon overnight, according to the military. Following the incident, the IDF launched strikes on terrorists and terror infrastructure in the Nabatieh area. The military says the event is under investigation. Since the April ceasefire, 23 soldiers have been killed in Lebanon.
Overnight Friday, an IDF tank was struck by a suspected projectile at approximately 00:20 near the village of Tibnin in southern Lebanon, the military confirmed. The hit triggered a wave of Israeli strikes on terrorists and Hezbollah-linked infrastructure in the wider Nabatieh area, which the IDF says it is investigating.
This development follows an earlier sequence reported by The Zioneer from the same early-morning hours. At 04:44 Jerusalem, we reported initial Lebanese Health Ministry claims of 10 killed in IDF strikes; by that same time, the toll had climbed through three consecutive updates to 23 killed, according to unofficial Lebanese sources, with hundreds of families fleeing villages along the Ali al-Taher ridge. The tank strike in Tibnin occurred in the same area and timeframe as those aerial and artillery bombardments.
As The Zioneer has documented, violence in the region has persisted despite the April ceasefire. On June 13, a Lebanese soldier was severely wounded in an Israeli drone strike near Nabatieh; on June 18, an artillery strike killed three in Nabatieh al-Fawqa; and on June 18, a drone strike in Tibnin itself killed one and wounded another. The IDF has reported 23 fallen soldiers in Lebanon since the ceasefire was declared.
It remains unconfirmed whether the projectile that struck the tank was a guided anti-tank missile or another munition. The IDF says the incident is under investigation.
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