Hezbollah confirms 8 operatives, senior commander killed in Israeli strikes | LIVE BLOG
IDF said that 'the terrorists were recently identified as operating to accelerate the organization’s readiness and force build-up processes, while planning fire attacks toward the State of Israel'
Hezbollah confirmed that eight of its operatives, including one senior commander, Hussein Mohammed Yaghi, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Beqaa Valley last night.
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On Friday, the IDF confirmed it struck Hezbollah command centers in the Baalbek area in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Lebanese media reported six Israeli strikes on three buildings.
In a subsequent statement on Saturday, the IDF confirmed that "the terrorists were recently identified as operating to accelerate the organization’s readiness and force build-up processes, while planning fire attacks toward the State of Israel and advancing terror attacks that endanger IDF troops and the citizens of the State of Israel."
"Hezbollah’s missile array is the body responsible for launching missiles and rockets toward the State of Israel and has been planning in recent times launches of this nature toward Israeli territory," the IDF Spokesperson's statement read. "The terrorists' actions constitute a violation of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon."
IDF eliminates Gaza terrorist who approached troops
"Earlier today (Saturday), IDF troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip identified a terrorist in the area of the Yellow Line who approached the troops, posing an immediate threat to them," the statement read.
"Following the identification, the troops eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat. IDF troops in the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat."