Military authorities in Israel on Sunday afternoon said it struck more than 150 Hezbollah targets over the preceding 24 hours, during its ongoing ground operations in southern Lebanon, as it issued a further evacuation order for civilians near several buildings in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Lebanon.
Times of Israel reports that troops with the IDF’s 98th and 36th divisions have been locating and destroying weapon depots, tunnel shafts, and other Hezbollah infrastructures in villages in southern Lebanon, the military said.
The soldiers have also been exchanging fire with Hezbollah operations in the area, and directing airstrikes on gunmen and sites used by the terror group.
The targets hit by the Israeli Air Force included anti-tank missile launch positions, cells of operatives, tunnels, and weapon depots, the IDF added.
While operating in southern Lebanon, troops are continuing to find massive amounts of weaponry left behind by Hezbollah operatives, according to the military.
The IDF said that the 188th Armored Brigade, operating under the 36th Division, located several weapon caches and tunnels during their operations in recent days.
The troops also located and demolished a Hezbollah command center that the IDF said was used by the terror group to plan and carry out rocket fire on northern Israel.
“In the last few days we are focused on dismantling the above and underground infrastructure, and we will continue to do so as long as it takes, until we guarantee the return of the residents to the north in complete safety,” the commander of the 188th Brigade, Col. Or Vollozinsky, said in a statement by the IDF.
As troops operated in southern Lebanon on Sunday, a barrage of 25 rockets and several drones were fired from the country at northern Israel, some of which were intercepted by air defenses, while others impacted in the area, according to the IDF, the Jewish paper also reported.
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