IDF targets Hezbollah terror operative in Lebanon strike

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday morning struck a Hezbollah terrorist operative near Yanouh in Southern Lebanon’s Tyre District.

No further details were provided in the initial military statement.

Hezbollah began attacking Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after the Hamas-led terror assault on southern Israel, opening a second front along the northern border that lasted until a truce took effect on Nov. 27, 2024.

Under the U.S.-brokered deal, Hezbollah was required to demilitarize, beginning in areas adjacent to the border, with the Lebanese Armed Forces tasked with establishing an arms monopoly in the country.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office noted in a Jan. 8 statement that while Beirut’s efforts were “an encouraging beginning,” they were “far from sufficient” given Hezbollah’s ongoing Iran-aided rearmament efforts.

“The ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States between Israel and Lebanon states clearly that Hezbollah must be fully disarmed,” it stated. “This is imperative for Israel’s security and Lebanon’s future.”

January saw a sharp rise in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, with 87 operations reported—more than twice December’s total and the highest monthly figure since the truce, according to analysis of the data published last week by the Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center.

Nearly half of the strikes hit targets north of the Litani River, Hezbollah’s main stronghold, focusing on terror infrastructure. In total, 21 terrorists were slain during the month—20 from Hezbollah and one from Hamas.

Overnight on Sunday, IDF troops during a raid in Lebanon arrested a senior operative from Jamaa Islamiya, a Muslim Brotherhood-linked terror organization that coordinates with Hamas and Hezbollah.

The IDF noted that Jamaa Islamiya, which maintains particularly close relations with Hamas, “advanced terror attacks against the State of Israel and its civilians in the north” throughout the two years of war.

“IDF troops will continue to operate to remove any threat against the State of Israel,” Monday morning’s military statement concluded.

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