💥 HEZBOLLAH DRONE ATTACK AND IDF RESPONSE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: An IDF officer and two soldiers were seriously wounded overnight when an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck troops operating in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area of southern Lebanon.
According to the IDF, Hezbollah launched the drone at around 2:30 a.m. toward troops operating in the Security Zone. The drone exploded near soldiers of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to a hospital and their families were notified.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said: “This morning Hezbollah violated the ceasefire in Lebanon by attacking our soldiers in the security zone, which protects Israeli communities just across the border. The Hezbollah attack seriously injured three of our soldiers.”
In response, the IDF struck Hezbollah terror infrastructure in the Nabatieh and Ansar areas of southern Lebanon, including what the military described as a central headquarters of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in Ansar. The IDF said its troops were operating in the Security Zone in accordance with the ceasefire agreement when Hezbollah carried out the attack.
“The IDF responded by striking the Hezbollah terror headquarters which ordered the attack,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
🎯 RADWAN FORCE COMMANDER AND ADDITIONAL TERRORISTS ELIMINATED: The strike on the Radwan Force headquarters eliminated Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, a battalion commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, along with several additional terrorists who the IDF said were involved in advancing attacks against IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone.
The IDF said the headquarters was used by Hezbollah to command its activities in the area.
Hassan’s family was also present with him inside the military headquarters and was reportedly harmed in the strike. The IDF emphasized that the family members were not the target and said the strike was specifically directed at Hassan, whom it described as a lawful target under international law. The military said Hassan used his family as human shields by hiding alongside them inside the military headquarters.
“Only later did the IDF learn that Hezbollah deliberately put civilians in that military compound,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
Lebanese media initially reported six people killed in the Ansar strike. Lebanon’s official National News Agency later reported seven dead and three wounded.
Lebanese media also reported a series of strikes in the Nabatieh area, including some of the heaviest strikes yet on the Ali Taher Ridge, beneath which Hezbollah reportedly maintains a major underground facility.
🎯 SENIOR HEZBOLLAH “BADDER UNIT” COMMANDER ELIMINATED: The IDF also announced that it struck the Deir ez-Zahrania area yesterday and eliminated Abu Hassan Alaa, a senior commander in Hezbollah’s “Badder Unit.”
According to the military, Hassan Alaa participated in advancing numerous attacks against IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone, including explosive-drone launches toward troops in southern Lebanon. Over previous years, he commanded several Hezbollah combat sectors that operated against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.
The IDF said Hassan Alaa was eliminated in response to Hezbollah’s action against troops operating in the Security Zone. The military described his elimination as a severe degradation of the unit’s management capabilities, alongside the elimination of Radwan Force battalion commander Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan at the Ansar headquarters.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry later reported that an Israeli strike in Deir al-Zahrani killed two people and wounded nine.
⚠️ There were no changes to civilian guidelines.
🔁 Know someone who should see this? Forward it.
🌐 Full updates & discussion: https://www.israelrealtime.com
