An Israeli elite soldier was killed overnight Friday in Southern Lebanon while his unit was attempting to arrest a Hezbollah collaborator.
Lebanon
Strikes hit money exchange offices linked to terror financing in Beirut; IDF slays Hajj Yusuf Ismail Hashem, commander of the Shi’ite group’s Southern Front.
Clashes with Hezbollah terrorists claim more lives as operations in the border area escalate again.
The IDF carried out wide-scale airstrikes on regime and Hezbollah sites, expanding “Operation Roaring Lion.”
Operation further exposes the lie that Lebanese government forces had disarmed Hezbollah in compliance with the November 2024 ceasefire deal.
Bezalel Smotrich is no longer talking about deterrence at the fence line, but about moving Israel’s effective border to the Litani and ensuring Hezbollah never again sits meters from Israeli homes.
The IDF also will speed up the destruction of southern Lebanese homes exploited by the terror group.
Israel ramps up ground maneuvers and mass evacuations in Southern Lebanon as it moves to dismantle Hezbollah’s presence south of the Litani River and impose a new “Yellow Line” security reality.
The Israeli military is operating “with determination against the Hezbollah terrorist organization,” it said.
The goal of the IDF ground push into Lebanon is to stop Hezbollah from firing anti-tank missiles, RPGs and rockets at the Jewish state.
