Israel said to hit Hezbollah stronghold inside Lebanon, marking deepest strike amid war

Israel said to hit Hezbollah stronghold inside Lebanon, marking deepest strike amid war

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday

IDF confirms striking Hezbollah sites deep in Lebanon after missile fire at Meron air traffic control base

The IDF confirms targeting Hezbollah sites deep in Lebanon, near the northeastern town of Zboud, in response to the missile fire carried out by the terror group against the Mount Meron air traffic control base earlier today.

According to the IDF, the strike targeted “a military compound used by Hezbollah’s aerial unit” near Zboud in the Baalbek District, which is more than 110 kilometers (70 miles) from Israel’s border.

The compound included several buildings and a landing pad for drones, the IDF says.

The IDF also says it struck a building and other infrastructure used by Hezbollah in Ayta ash-Shab and Kafr Kila, and an observation post in Maroun al-Ras.

Rocket sirens across northern Israel

Rocket warning alerts sound across the Upper Galilee and Golan Heights regions in northern Israel.

The sirens can be heard in locations including Katzrin, Mevuot Hermon Regional Council and Hatzor Haglilit.

Israeli Air Force responsible for overnight strikes on Iran-linked operatives in eastern Syria

The Israeli Air Force was responsible for overnight airstrikes in eastern Syria, which reportedly killed several Iranian-linked operatives, The Times of Israel has learned.

The strikes in the Deir Ezzor and al-Bukamal area targeted assets belonging to Iran’s Unit 4000, the Special Operations Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Intelligence Organization, and the special operations unit of the IRGC’s Quds Force in Syria, known as Unit 18840, according to Israeli defense sources.

Yesterday, the Shin Bet announced that it had foiled attempts by those two Iranian units to smuggle advanced weapons to West Bank Palestinian terrorists.

The strikes overnight, defense sources say, were a response to the smuggling attempts and targeted assets related to the Iranian plot.

Israel is aware that several Iranian or Iran-linked operatives were killed in the strikes. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, previously accused of inflating tolls and false reporting, claims nine were killed in the strikes.

Israel said to hit Hezbollah stronghold deep inside Lebanon, marking northernmost strike amid war

Lebanese media outlets report that Israeli airstrikes have occurred near northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek.

The strikes reportedly take place near the town of al-Ain area in the Baalbek District, more than 110 kilometers (70 miles)  from the Israeli border

Footage shows smoke rising from an allegedly targeted site.

Baalbek has been identified in the past as a Hezbollah stronghold.

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