Hezbollah
Muhammad Awasha, a key weapons dealer and smuggler, died near Sidon.
The Lebanese government’s attempts to turn their minor success in southern Lebanon into a pass to move on to later stages of the ceasefire agreement may in fact be placing them between a rock and a hard place, experts tell JNS.
The Israeli military said the attack was carried out in response to “Hezbollah’s repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings.”
The Israeli military said it attacked Hezbollah “military” camps.
“We will not surrender; we will not accept the continuation of attacks in the country without doing anything—there must be a limit to everything,” said Naim Qassem.
No details were provided in the initial army statement about the operation.
The military attacked an arms depot and a terrorist working to rebuild the Iranian proxy’s infrastructure.
“In recent months, activity by the Hezbollah terrorist organization was identified at these sites,” the IDF said.
From the Houthis to Hezbollah, Tehran is trying to rebuild lost deterrence through its surrogates.
The military said it has completed the first stage of a five-phase plan to remove weapons from all non-state armed groups.
On Tuesday, the IDF eliminated two Hezbollah terrorists in the area of Kherbet Selem in Southern Lebanon.
The U.S. deadline for the demilitarization of Hezbollah expired on Wednesday.
