The IDF announced it struck a Hezbollah operative who emerged from a shaft at the Ali al-Taher ridge. Lebanese channels then reported that a UAV strike was carried out at 14:50 in the wooded area of Ali al-Taher, and noted they had delayed the report until after the IDF's announcement.
The IDF announced this evening that it struck a Hezbollah operative who emerged from a shaft at the Ali al-Taher ridge. Shortly after, Lebanese channels reported a UAV strike carried out at 14:50 in the wooded area of Ali al-Taher, but noted they had delayed the report until after the IDF's announcement — a departure from their usual immediate reporting practice.
The new development follows a series of reports from The Zioneer on the same ridge. At 17:32 Jerusalem on Thursday (the same day as this update), multiple versions of the IDF's account were published: first the initial confirmation of the strike, then video footage of the airstrike, and finally the detail that troops are preventing further exits from the underground complex. The theme throughout was the IDF's ongoing effort to block Hezbollah operatives from exiting the subterranean infrastructure at Ali al-Taher — a ridge that contains a strategic Hezbollah underground base, as The Zioneer reported in earlier background items.
The Lebanese channels' delay in reporting before confirmation by the IDF is notable but its reason was not specified. It remains unconfirmed whether the strike reported by the Lebanese channels at 14:50 is the same as the IDF's officially announced strike this evening, or if the timing points to a separate event. The IDF has not commented directly on the Lebanese reports or on the delay.
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- DevelopingLebanese reports: three Israeli drone strikes hit Nabatieh al-Fawqa village
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