Admin I Wednesday, October 02, 2024
ISRAEL – Not less than five members of the Israeli Defence Forces, IDF have been killed at the Lebanese border while trying to infiltrate a Lebanese village as part of target raid operation on the stronghold of the Lebanese Islamic Militant, Hezbollah in Occupied Northern Israel.
Hezbollah said the soldiers died in ambush, while 22 others were injured.
Meanwhile, the IDF has announced that the 36th Division, including soldiers of the Golani Brigade, 188th Armored Brigade, 6th Infantry Brigade, and additional forces are joining the limited, localized, targeted raids on Hezbollah and infrastructure in southern Lebanon that began on Monday.
The soldiers, he said are being accompanied by the IAF and the 282nd Artillery Brigade.
The IDF added that over the past few days, with the direction of precise IDF intelligence, IAF fighter jets conducted a series of targeted strikes in the area of Beirut against a number of weapons production facilities and additional infrastructure sites in the area.
“Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including advancing warnings to the population in the area”, Spokesman of the IDF, Rear Admiral, Daniel Hagari said, adding that Hezbollah has deliberately primarily embedded its weapons production facilities and weaponry beneath residential buildings in the heart of the city of Beirut, hiding them in populated areas.
“The strikes were conducted in order to degrade Hezbollah’s military capabilities.
The IDF is continuing to operate against the threat of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in order to defend the State of Israel”, he said.
