The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah violated the ceasefire with Israel nearly 24 hours after it came into effect. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), on Thursday, detected Hezbollah terrorist activities in several areas of southern Lebanon.
“Over the past hour, several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire,” the Israeli military said in a statement Thursday morning. “The IDF opened fire toward them.”
Later in the day, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) destroyed a Hezbollah missile storage site close to Israel’s northern border. Israeli airstrike came after Israeli military ‘identified activity’ at the Hezbollah missile dump, The Times of Israel confirmed. “This is the first strike by warplanes since the ceasefire went into effect,” the news outlet noted.
“A short while ago, terrorist activity was identified in a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in southern Lebanon. The threat was thwarted by an IAF aircraft,” the military disclosed in a press release Thursday afternoon.
The Israeli armed forces vowed to stay in southern Lebanon till Hezbollah terrorist activities continued in the area. “The IDF remains in southern Lebanon and acting to enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement,” the statement added.
The Israeli news website YNET reported the ceasefire violations by Hezbollah:
The IDF reported Thursday afternoon targeting a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon housing medium-range rockets, marking the first airstrike since the cease-fire took effect early Tuesday.The military said the strike neutralized a terror threat and reiterated its commitment to preventing violations of the cease-fire agreement. IDF forces remain deployed in southern Lebanon to enforce the truce.Meanwhile, IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee issued a statement on X, warning residents of southern Lebanon against movement south of the Litani River for the second day since the cease-fire took effect
The Israeli military warned Lebanese residents from returning to the terrorist-ridden southern Lebanon while Hezbollah remained active in the area. “The IDF reiterated warnings for Lebanese seeking to return to their homes in southern Lebanon in areas where the army is still deployed,” Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported.
Sensing Iranian retreat in the region, Syrian rebels appear to have launched an offensive against the Mullah regime and its proxies. A senior Iranian Islamic Guard (IRGC) terror operative was killed in the latest wave of fighting, Tehran confirmed Thursday.
The Times of Israel reported:
Iranian media reports a senior military adviser from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in Syria.According to the reports, Brig. Gen. Kioumars Pourhashemi was killed in western Aleppo.Syrian rebel groups launched a large-scale attack on areas controlled by government forces yesterday, setting off fierce clashes and seizing territory in western Aleppo.The offensive was launched the same day that the ceasefire began between Syrian ally Hezbollah and Israel.
The Bashar al-Assad regime-controlled Syria has become a major safe haven for Hezbollah and other Iranian proxy terror groups since IDF began dismantling the terrorist infrastructure in neighboring Lebanon. “Since Israel began ground operations in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah terrorists have reportedly begun to abandon their posts and flee to Syria,” the Jerusalem Post noted on October 28.
The IDF troops were keeping up the pressure on Hamas while the terrorist group continues to hold over a hundred Israeli hostages since October 7, 2023. The Israeli ground operation is focused on the northern terrorist stronghold of Jabalia and Rafah in the south.
Israeli ground troops, particularly the soldiers of the IDF’s 162nd Divisional, were operating in a “dense, complex, and urban environment” in Jabalia. They “are systematically dismantling terrorist infrastructure and neutralizing numerous explosive devices.”
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