Israel Hits Hezbollah-Radwan Force’s Terrorist Training Camp, Other Targets in South Lebanon

Israel Hits Hezbollah-Radwan Force’s Terrorist Training Camp, Other Targets in South Lebanon

With the Lebanese government failing to disarm Hezbollah by the December 31 deadline, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) overnight struck several targets belonging to the Iran-backed terrorist group, including a terrorist training facility belonging to its so-called elite Radwan Forces.

“The Israeli military said on Tuesday that it struck infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah in several areas in southern Lebanon, including what it described as a training compound used by the armed group’s Radwan forces,” Reuters reported. “Military structures and a launch site belonging to Hezbollah were also hit in the attacks, the military added in a statement.”

The 2500-strong Radwan Force, trained and equipped by Iran’s Islamic Guard (IRGC), spearheads Hezbollah’s terrorist campaign on Israel’s border with Lebanon. In recent months, the Radwan operatives have been leading the charge in restoring the terrorist buildup on the Israeli border.

“As part of the training, the terrorists underwent shooting drills and additional training for using various types of weapons,” Israel’s Ynetnews reported, quoting an IDF spokesperson. “Additionally, military buildings and a Hezbollah launch site were struck.”

The terrorists being trained in the facility posed an imminent threat to Israel, the IDF disclosed. The Radwan Force’s camp was also being used “for planning and carrying out terror plots against IDF forces and Israeli civilians,” the news outlet added.

‼️BREAKING: The IDF struck Hezbollah training and weapons facilities in southern Lebanon tonight.

Hezbollah’s continued stockpiling of weapons and planning of attacks constitute a direct violation of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/0FDlpUjgzX

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) December 8, 2025

The Israeli airstrikes come days after Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, Youssef Rajji, admitted that his government was nowhere close to disarming Hezbollah by the month’s end, given Iran’s sway over the terrorist group. “Hezbollah won’t hand over its weapons without an Iranian decision,” the Lebanese minister said in an interview Saturday.

BREAKING: The overwhelming majority of Lebanese are in favor of disarming non-state actors (Hezbollah).

It’s insane that while people in the West defend Hezbollah, the Lebanese people outright reject the terror group. pic.twitter.com/YvR7INLuT4

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 8, 2025

The Times of Israel reports:

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday that it carried out a wave of overnight airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah sites, including a training facility used by the terror group’s elite Radwan Force.

According to the military, the Radwan Force “training and qualification compound” was used by the terror group to plan and advance attacks against Israel.

In addition, the IDF said it struck several buildings used by Hezbollah and a rocket-launching site in southern Lebanon.

“The targets that were struck, and the military training conducted in preparation for activities against the State of Israel, constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon and a threat to the State of Israel,” the military said.

Israel and the United States have pushed Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah in accordance with the terms of a ceasefire agreement signed a year ago that ended the war between Israel and the terror group, which began with daily cross-border attacks by the terror group in support of Hamas in Gaza. (…)

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported “a series of (Israeli) raids targeting the Iqlim al-Tuffah region” near the towns of Azza, Rumin, and Jbaa, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the border with Israel.

On the night of December 8, the #IDF struck in the Aklim al-Tufah area, north of the Litani, in a region located north of Nabatieh and southwest of Jezzine. The strikes were directed at several targets, including a training compound belonging to the Radwan Unit and rocket-launch… pic.twitter.com/18hfJ84BTI

— Israel-Alma (@Israel_Alma_org) December 9, 2025

Despite last year’s ceasefire agreement that requires Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah and dismantle its terrorist buildup in the south of the country along the border with Israel, the government in Beirut appears to be incapable, or unwilling, to stop the Iran-backed group from rebuilding its terrorist infrastructure in the area.

“According to Israel’s Channel 12 News, Beirut has been aware of Hezbollah’s attempts to rebuild but has turned a blind eye, despite having voted around three months ago to bring all weapons under state control,” the Jewish News Syndicate reported on Sunday. The truce agreement, brokered by the Europeans, also calls for the withdrawal of Hezbollah terrorist forces to the north of the Litani River, creating a security zone in southern Lebanon.

The current round of conflict with Hezbollah began on October 8, 2023, when the Iranian proxy terror group started firing rockets and drones into northern Israel — a day after the Hamas-led massacre. The relentless and deadly cross-border attacks continued for nearly a year, forcing over 70,000 civilians to flee their homes.

In early October 2024, the IDF initiated an eight-week-long ground offensive to flush out Hezbollah forces and dismantle their Iran-funded terror infrastructure — including deep and sophisticated tunnel networks, underground weapons depots, and missile launch pads — in southern Lebanon. Israel ended the ground offensive in late November, complying with a ceasefire deal brokered by President Donald Trump.

While the IDF succeeded in eliminating most of Hezbollah’s leadership, including its longtime chief Hassan Nasrallah, and decimated its rank and file during the 2024 operation, the terrorist group still poses a significant threat to Israel and the region. Last month, Fox News cited the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, revealing that “Hezbollah retains 40,000 fighters and between 15,000 and 20,000 rockets and missiles, [and] the terror group pays its militia $2,200 per month.”

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