IDF Fighter Jets, Artillery Hits 40 Targets In S Lebanon

IDF: Fighter jets, artillery forces hit 40 targets in south Lebanon in short period

Emanuel Fabian

Israeli fighter jets and artillery forces carried out a wave of strikes against dozens of Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the military says.

According to the IDF, some 40 targets in Ayta ash-Shab were hit by aircraft and artillery shelling within several minutes.

The targets included weapon depots and other assets belonging to Hezbollah, the military says.

The IDF says the strikes are “part of the effort to destroy the organization’s infrastructure in the border area.”

Ayta ash-Shab is used by Hezbollah for “terror” and it places dozens of its sites in the area, the military charges.

Gallant: IDF has ‘eliminated’ half of Hezbollah’s south Lebanon commanders, remainder are in hiding

Emanuel Fabian

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says half of Hezbollah’s commanders in southern Lebanon have been killed by the Israeli military.

The remarks are made following a visit to the IDF Northern Command in Safed, where Gallant held an assessment with the chief of the command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, and other top officers.

“Half of the Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon have been eliminated… and the other half hide and abandon south Lebanon to IDF operations,” Gallant says.

Lebanese media report more than a dozen Israeli strikes in south Lebanon

Lebanese media report more than a dozen Israeli strikes carried out in the Ayta ash-Shab and Ramyeh areas.