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Leaders
7 days ago
- Politics
- Leaders
Israel Launches 'Targeted' Ground Operations in Lebanon Despite Ceasefire
The Israeli military on Wednesday announced that its forces launched ground operations in parts of southern Lebanon, for the first time in months since a ceasefire agreement took hold between Israel and Hezbollah in November 2024. The military said its 'targeted operations' aimed to dismantle military infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah, without revealing details about when the operations took place. In a statement, the Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, said: 'Following intelligence information and the identification of Hezbollah weapons and terrorist infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon, the soldiers launched special, targeted operations to dismantle them and prevent Hezbollah from reestablishing itself in the area.' The statement added that the 9th Brigade operated in the Labbouneh area, near the border, targeting 'a compound containing weapons depots and firing positions.' Meanwhile, the 300th Brigade troops operated in the Jabal Blat area further west, where they struck 'an underground structure used for storing weapons and weapons hidden in thicketed terrain, including a multi-barrel launcher, a heavy machine gun, and dozens of explosive devices.' In November 2024, Hezbollah and Israel signed a ceasefire agreement, ending months of fighting between both sides. Under the ceasefire, brokered by the US and France, both sides had an initial 60-day halt in fighting, during which Hezbollah would end its armed presence in southern Lebanon while Israel would gradually withdraw its troops to the other side of the border. However, Israel has stayed in five locations in Lebanon and has launched dozens of airstrikes and drone attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon, claiming it is targeting Hezbollah sites and operatives, as well as members of the Palestinian movement Hamas, according to AFP. Short link : Post Views: 19
LBCI
7 days ago
- Politics
- LBCI
Israeli army claims destroying Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon
The Israeli army claimed that its forces had destroyed Hezbollah infrastructure in multiple areas in southern Lebanon, in operations based on intelligence and surveillance. In a statement posted on X, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said, 'Based on intelligence information and the monitoring of combat equipment and 'terrorist' infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in several areas in southern Lebanon, our fighters set out to carry out special and focused operations aimed at destroying them and preventing Hezbollah's repositioning in the area.' He added, 'As part of one of the operations carried out in Jabal Blat, forces from the 300th Brigade succeeded in locating a complex of weapons depots and rocket launch sites belonging to Hezbollah, which were destroyed.' 'In another operation, forces discovered combat equipment that had been hidden in a rugged area near Labbouneh, including a multi-barrel rocket launcher, a heavy machine gun, and dozens of explosive devices,' he said. 'The forces seized and destroyed the military equipment and combat means found in that area.' Adraee also stated that 'an underground building used to store combat equipment was found in the area and was destroyed using engineering capabilities.' He concluded, 'The Israeli army continues its efforts to remove threats to the State of Israel and prevent Hezbollah's attempts to establish a presence in the area, in line with the understandings reached between Israel and Lebanon.' #عاجل 🔸قوات جيش الدفاع تدمر بنى تحتية ارهابية خاصة بحزب الله في جنوب لبنان 🔸بناء على معلومات استخبارية ورصد وسائل قتالية وبنى تحتية إرهابية لحزب الله في عدة مناطق في جنوب لبنان توجه المقاتلون لتنفيذ عمليات خاصة ومركزة بهدف تدميرها ومنع إعادة تموضع حزب الله في المنطقة. 🔸في… — افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) July 9, 2025
Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Israel says it launched ‘special, targeted operations' in southern Lebanon
Israeli troops have entered southern Lebanon, the military says, to dismantle infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah, in its latest near-daily violation of its November ceasefire with the Lebanese armed group. The military said in a statement on Wednesday that it had launched 'special, targeted operations' to destroy Hezbollah facilities and prevent the group from 'reestablishing itself in the area'. It claimed the ground incursion had been launched, acting on 'intelligence information and the identification of Hezbollah weapons and terrorist infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon'. The army statement said the 9th Brigade was in the Labbouneh area, while troops from the 300th Brigade were operating in the Jabal Blat area further west – both within sight of the border. It shared a video captioned 'footage from a targeted nighttime operation of the 9th Brigade in southern Lebanon', troops were shown walking on the ground. The army has not commented on whether the incursion marks the first time it has operated on the ground in Lebanon since agreeing to the United States-brokered ceasefire in November 2024. Since striking the deal, which sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah – including several months of all-out war – Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes across Lebanon, including multiple strikes on the capital, Beirut. Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah arms depots and fighters, but numerous civilians have been killed and wounded, and residential buildings were destroyed. Israeli attacks across Lebanon The new operation was announced as Israel intensified its strikes in Lebanon amid Hezbollah's weakened position, the Lebanese army staying on the sidelines and the international community's failure to pressure Israel to abide by the truce. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has repeatedly asked the US and Israel to rein in Israel's attacks on the country. On Sunday, the Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said the group remains open to peace, but it will not disarm or back down from confronting Israel until it ends its air raids and withdraws from southern Lebanon. 'We cannot be asked to soften our stance or lay down arms while [Israeli] aggression continues,' Qassem told thousands of supporters gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs for Ashura, an important day in the Shia Muslim calendar. Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region. Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country, but has kept them in five locations it deems strategic to its own interests. Thomas Barrack, an adviser to US President Donald Trump who serves as Washington's ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy for Syria, returned to Beirut on Monday, praising the Lebanese government's response to a US proposal aimed at disarming Hezbollah amid Israel's continued military presence in the country. Since the Gaza war started in October 2023, Israel has also carried out attacks against members of Palestinian factions that maintain a presence in various areas of Lebanon, mostly in camps for Palestinian refugees. On Tuesday, an Israeli strike on a vehicle near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least three people and injured 13 others, according to Lebanon's Ministry of Health. The military later announced that it had killed Mehran Mustafa Ba'jur in the strike, describing him as one of Hamas's key commanders in Lebanon. It underscored that Israel's assaults are being launched across the country, not just in the south. It was the first time an Israeli assassination had taken place in the area since the truce.
Middle East Eye
7 days ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israeli army says it raided and destroyed Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon
The Israeli army has said its troops conducted several raids on southern Lebanon and destroyed Hezbollah weapon depots and other infrastructure. In a statement, it said that reservists from the 300th Brigade destroyed a Hezbollah compound that included a weapons depot and firing positions. It added that reservists from the 9th Brigade identified a weapons cache in the Labbouneh area. Hezbollah has not yet commented. Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have continued in violation of a November 2024 ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.
MTV Lebanon
7 days ago
- Politics
- MTV Lebanon
Israeli Forces Strike Hezbollah Infrastructure in Ground Operation
The Israeli army announced carrying out special and targeted ground operations inside southern Lebanon, which included the destruction of Hezbollah's infrastructure. According to the Israeli army statement, Israeli soldiers destroyed these infrastructures to prevent Hezbollah from repositioning in the area. The operations took place in Jabal al-Blat and Labbouneh, where forces from the 300th Brigade and the 9th Brigade destroyed Hezbollah's weapons depots and rocket launch sites.
