🎯 TARGETED ELIMINATIONS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: The IAF, in coordination with ground forces, eliminated armed terrorists in southern Lebanon.
Northern Command divisions continue targeted ground operations to strengthen the forward defense area and protect civilians in northern Israel.
IDF troops are operating in close coordination with the Israeli Air Force.
This coordination enables the rapid removal of threats from both ground and air.
🎯 HEZBOLLAH AND IRANIAN OPERATIVES ELIMINATED: A senior commander in the Imam Hossein Division, an Iranian militia operating alongside Hezbollah, was eliminated in an Israeli strike.
The IDF says the strike hit the militia’s main headquarters responsible for managing firepower.
The military says artillery chief Kamil Melhem was eliminated in the strike.
Additional operatives were also killed, including an aide to the division commander.
Three Hezbollah operatives responsible for the deaths of four IDF soldiers last week were also eliminated.
The IDF says troops killed them in close-quarters combat and later verified through intelligence that they were responsible for the killings in Beit Lif.
🪖 EXPANSION OF GROUND OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON: The IDF says it has deployed a sixth division, the 98th Division, to southern Lebanon.
The division, made up of paratroopers and commando forces, began targeted ground operations against additional objectives over the past week.
The military also says troops have completed deployment along the anti-tank line several kilometers inside Lebanon.
Forces are continuing operations there to strengthen the forward defensive line and remove threats to residents of the north.
According to the IDF, five divisions are involved in the ground offensive in southern Lebanon.
The 210th Bashan Regional Division is also stationed in the Mount Dov area and has conducted raids on the Lebanese side of the mountain.
⚠️ EXTENDED ROCKET WARNING TIMES IN NORTHERN ISRAEL: The Home Front Command says it will extend warning times for rocket fire in communities in the Golan Heights and Sea of Galilee area starting tomorrow at noon.
The move follows a similar change previously made for communities near the Lebanon border.
The decision came after analysis of Hezbollah rocket fire and the IDF’s detection systems.
The military determined that a number of communities can safely receive slightly longer warning times.
The changes apply to Katzrin, Buq'ata, Ein Qiniyye, Majdal Shams, Mas'ade, and several communities in the Golan Regional Council and Emek Hayarden Regional Council.
They include 14 communities moving from immediate warning to 15 seconds, 8 from immediate to 30 seconds, 7 from 15 seconds to 30 seconds, 7 from 15 seconds to 45 seconds, and 8 from 30 seconds to 45 seconds.
At this stage, no changes will be made in five other northern border communities.
Those locations currently have warning times of 15 or 60 seconds.
❗️ FAILED STRIKE NEAR BEIRUT AND CIVILIAN CASUALTIES: The IDF acknowledges that an attempt to assassinate a Hezbollah operative near Beirut last night failed.
Lebanese media reported that the strike killed Pierre Moawad, a senior official in the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces, along with his wife.
The IDF says the intended Hezbollah target was not eliminated.
The military also says it regrets the harm to civilians.
❌ IDF SAYS HEZBOLLAH ELIMINATION TOTAL CONTINUES TO RISE: The IDF says around 1,100 Hezbollah operatives have been eliminated in Lebanon since hostilities escalated amid the war with Iran.
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a press conference that troops are eliminating dozens of terrorists every day and hundreds every week from the ground, air, and sea.
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