🎯 IRANIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON HAIFA REFINERY AMID HEZBOLLAH FIRE AS IDF OPERATIONS EXPAND IN LEBANON
🚨 IRANIAN STRIKE AND HEZBOLLAH FIRE ON NORTHERN ISRAEL: An Iranian ballistic missile struck the Haifa oil refinery, assessed to have carried a cluster bomb warhead, while Hezbollah launched rockets and missiles from Lebanon triggering sirens across the Galilee, Haifa Bay, and Netanya. Emergency teams responded to reported impact sites, and Israeli officials confirmed refinery production facilities were not damaged and fuel supply remains unaffected.
⚠️ IDF CASUALTIES IN SOUTHERN LEBANON OPERATIONS: Three IDF soldiers were seriously wounded and several others moderately injured in separate Hezbollah attacks and operational incidents. Two soldiers were hit by an anti-tank missile, while a Hezbollah drone strike wounded additional troops, and another soldier was moderately injured in an operational accident; all were evacuated for treatment.
🕯️ FALLEN SOLDIER IDENTIFIED FOLLOWING ANTI-TANK ATTACK: Sergeant Liran Ben Zion, 19, from Holon, a soldier in the 9th Battalion of the 401st Brigade, was killed when an anti-tank missile struck his unit’s tank during combat in southern Lebanon. A subsequent volley of missiles caused no further casualties, and IDF forces are continuing efforts to locate the cell responsible; he is the sixth soldier killed since the renewed offensive.
🔹 LEBANESE ARMY CASUALTIES REPORTED IN AL AMARIA: Five Lebanese Army soldiers were wounded in an Israeli strike on a checkpoint in Al Amaria, according to a Lebanese military official. One of the injured later died from his wounds.
🌍 DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE OVER IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN BEIRUT: Lebanon declared the Iranian ambassador persona non grata and ordered his departure, but Iran stated its embassy would remain operational and the ambassador would continue his duties following discussions with Lebanese authorities. Israel assessed that the Lebanese decision had not been implemented in practice.
💥 HEZBOLLAH WEAPONS CACHE DESTROYED IN SOUTHERN LEBANON: IDF troops located and dismantled a weapons cache containing five advanced anti-tank missiles intended for use against Israeli territory. Additional weapons were discovered in underground compounds and destroyed immediately upon identification.
✈️ IDF STRIKES HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIVES: Airstrikes targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and a cell operating near an ambulance in southern Lebanon, which the IDF says was used to transport weapons under paramedic cover. Lebanese officials reported nine medics killed in the strikes, including members of Hezbollah’s Islamic Health Committee and Amal’s Risala Scouts.
🎯 OPERATIVES ELIMINATED UNDER CIVILIAN COVER: Ali Hassan Shaib, a Hezbollah intelligence operative in the Radwan Force, and Mohammad Fatouni were killed while allegedly operating under journalistic cover. Additional operatives identified as acting under paramedic cover were also struck after approaching the scene, with the IDF stating efforts were made to target militants while minimizing civilian harm.
❗️ IDF ACCUSES HEZBOLLAH OF USING MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MILITARY ACTIVITY: The IDF says Hezbollah systematically used ambulances and medical teams to conceal weapons transfers and operational activity in southern Lebanon. It stated that such use constitutes a violation of international law, noting that protected medical status is contingent on the absence of hostile activity.
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