The Israel Defense Forces carried out more than 85 strikes on Friday in response to renewed Hezbollah attacks, targeting and destroying weapons depots, launch sites and terror infrastructure in Lebanon. Among the targets was an underground weapons production facility in the Bekaa Valley, as well as active Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
The strikes were directed at sites used by the Iran-backed militia to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
Israeli forces over the weekend attacked more than 85 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
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Three Israeli soldiers wounded
Shortly before the Israeli counterstrike, Hezbollah fired explosive drones into Israeli territory near the border, wounding three reservists. One reservist was seriously wounded, while an officer and another reservist suffered moderate injuries. All three were taken to a hospital.
In addition, drones and projectiles were fired at IDF units in southern Lebanon, damaging an unmanned Israeli engineering vehicle, though no soldiers were harmed.
The army described the attack as “another violation of the ceasefire agreements by the Hezbollah terrorist organization.” An explosive drone was also found in northern Israel near the Lebanese border and neutralized by security forces.
Escalation despite ceasefire
Earlier on Friday, Hezbollah fired rockets toward Nahariya, Acre and the coastal areas of Haifa, triggering air-raid sirens. The Israeli Air Force intercepted one projectile, while the others landed in open areas. No injuries were reported.
The situation in Lebanon remains highly tense despite a ceasefire in effect since mid-April, as Hezbollah has not joined the agreement. As part of Operation “Roaring Lion,” the Israeli Air Force had already carried out more than 300 waves of strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon over a two-week period in March.
Radwan commander killed in Beirut
Overnight Thursday, May 7, the Israeli Air Force struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut for the first time in nearly a month. The target of the precision strike was the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Unit, according to the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs — a Hezbollah stronghold — was carried out on the explicit orders of Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz. In a joint statement, the two said: “The Radwan terrorists under his command are responsible for firing on Israeli communities and attacking IDF soldiers. No terrorist is untouchable — Israel’s long arm will reach every enemy and every murderer.”
The Radwan Unit is considered Hezbollah’s elite force. Its declared objective is to infiltrate Israeli territory, seize communities in northern Israel and take hostages — a plan known as the so-called “Galilee conquest plan.”
Netanyahu also said that Israeli forces had eliminated more than 200 Hezbollah terrorists over the past four weeks, and would continue similar operations against terror cells in the Gaza Strip.
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