IDF says it hit more than 40 Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon
Israeli jets and artillery struck approximately 40 pro-Iranian Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said.
The IDF said it hit an arms depot and "other terror infrastructures," in south Lebanon, especially in the area of Ayta ash Shab, a hotbed of the group.
Lebanese security sources told dpa that Israeli warplanes carried out more than 14 airstrikes on various southern Lebanese locations.
Earlier Hezbollah claimed that they fired barrages of rockets across the border in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Hanine, which killed two civilians late Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that half of Hezbollah's commanders in southern Lebanon have been killed by the Israeli military.
His remarks were made following a visit to the Israeli army’s Northern Command in Safad.
"Half of the Hezbollah commanders in southern Lebanon have been eliminated, the other half are hiding. In the operational aspect, the coming period will be decisive," he said.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October, deaths and injuries have resulted from daily firing on the border between Lebanon and Israel.
