Israel kills Hezbollah terrorist trying to rebuild infrastructure

The Israeli Air Force on Saturday killed a Hezbollah terrorist attempting to rebuild the Iranian proxy’s infrastructure in the Dounin area of Southern Lebanon.

This infrastructure was previously attacked during the weeklong “Operation Northern Arrows” aerial offensive in September 2024. The terrorist was using engineering equipment to try to rehabilitate the site, the Israel Defense Forces noted in its statement.

“The terrorist’s activities constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the Israeli military said, referring to the 2024 ceasefire. “The IDF will continue to operate in order to remove any threat to the State of Israel.”

Israeli forces thwart weapons smuggling in southern Syria

Israeli forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons from Syria to Lebanon overnight Friday, arresting several suspects in the Mount Hermon summit area, the military said on Saturday.

The confiscated weapons included grenades, pistols, anti-tank rockets and ammunition.

“IDF troops continue to be deployed in the area in order to protect Israeli civilians and the residents of the Golan Heights in particular,” the army stated.

More terror infrastructure struck in Southern Lebanon

Earlier on Friday, the IDF struck and eliminated another Hezbollah terrorist attempting to rebuild the organization’s military capabilities in the Kherbet Selem area in Southern Lebanon.

Additionally, during IDF activity overnight Thursday, a Hezbollah military structure that posed a threat to the soldiers was dismantled in the Yaroun area.

On Thursday, the Israeli military struck Hezbollah infrastructure used for the organization’s rehabilitation attempts in the Mazraat Sinai area in Southern Lebanon.

Among the targets hit was a quarry where Hezbollah produced cement to rebuild its assets and terrorist infrastructure damaged during the “Swords of Iron” war, particularly in the “Northern Arrows” campaign.

“This infrastructure enabled Hezbollah’s continuous activity and the reestablishment of its terrorist activity under civilian disguise in Lebanon,” the IDF said.

Additionally, the IDF struck infrastructure used by Green Without Borders, a Hezbollah-affiliated organization that poses as an environmental NGO. “The organization had used the site to conceal terrorist activity aimed at rebuilding Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, under a civilian guise,” according to the IDF.

The IDF has revealed in the past that Hezbollah uses Green Without Borders, a Lebanese NGO that claims to be dedicated to environmental goals, as cover to gather intelligence in the border area.

The U.S. government sanctioned Green Without Borders on Aug. 16, 2023, with the U.S. Department of the Treasury claiming that the organization’s outposts are manned by Hezbollah terrorists and serve as cover for underground warehouses and munitions storage tunnels.