IDF Focus Shifts to Lebanon After Iran Ceasefire
‘Hezbollah is isolated within Lebanon and cut off from its strategic artery in Iran,’ Zamir said.
‘Hezbollah is isolated within Lebanon and cut off from its strategic artery in Iran,’ Zamir said.
Inside the Hezbollah tunnel complex, IDF forces found various weapons, including explosives, rockets, an RPG launcher, and grenades.
Israel intensified operations across Iran and Lebanon, eliminating senior IRGC officials and Hezbollah terrorists behind a deadly attack.
In a swift maneuver, IDF troops immediately took out a Hezbollah terror cell that wounded several troops in a drone attack.
Since the beginning of operations against Hezbollah, the IDF has eliminated over 800 terrorists—including several high-level commanders, many from the Radwan Forces.
In recent days, IDF forces eliminated over 30 Hezbollah terrorists, including 10 from the elite Radwan Force, while destroying infrastructure and seizing weapons caches across the area.
In a covert overnight raid in Lebanon’s Mount Dov, IDF Egoz troops captured a commander from the Hezbollah-backed terror organization ‘Lebanese Companies,’ delivering him to Unit 504 for interrogation.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited a hospital housing soldiers wounded during operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon as part of Operation Roaring Lion.
The IDF announced that it struck multiple Hezbollah sites in Beirut, including a Radwan Forces command center, while also eliminating a squad of terrorists who were using the South Lebanon Al-Nour radio station as cover.
Since re-entering the conflict, Hezbollah has been taking a beating from the IDF, which has destroyed over 80 structures, assassinated dozens of high-ranking members, and wiped out launchers and missile facilities.
IDF forces operating in south Lebanon uncovered Hezbollah’s staging areas, launch sites, and weapons depots—packed with mortar bombs and other arms—all of which were swiftly destroyed.
Eight Hezbollah Radwan Force sites in Baalbek used for weapons storage, training, and planning attacks on IDF troops and Israeli civilians were targeted.
Over the past several months, the IDF has carried out targeted operations in southern Lebanon, dismantling Hezbollah weapons stockpiles, observation posts, and anti-tank firing positions to block the group’s attempts to rebuild.
Despite an official ceasefire in Lebanon, the IDF has continued striking Hezbollah targets, thwarting attempts to rebuild and rearm after being demolished by Israel.
Unlike larger militaries that struggle to integrate new technologies into massive legacy structures, Israel adapts quickly.
This approach is sometimes described by Israeli analysts as ‘the campaign between the wars’.
Local terror cells were quick to mobilize once the disappearance was discovered, while the IDF team was still withdrawing.
IDF special forces raided the village of al-Habbariyah in southern Lebanon, capturing Atwi Atwi, a senior figure in al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya tied to attacks on Israeli troops and the recruiting of members.
Secondary explosions were identified following the strikes.
Over the past year, the IDF’s Shahaf (869) collection unit operating under Division 91 has killed roughly 60 Hezbollah terrorists and dismantled dozens of terror sites, weapons depots, and observation posts—systematically blocking the group’s attempts to rebuild in southern Lebanon.
