In a series of targeted operations along the southern Lebanon border, IDF troops have uncovered and dismantled significant Hezbollah infrastructure, according to an IDF statement. Based on precise intelligence, these raids focus on heavily wooded areas near the border where Hezbollah has entrenched itself with military sites, weapons caches, missile storage facilities, and compounds intended for infiltration into Israel. The 188th Brigade’s engineering teams are working to locate, neutralize, and demolish Hezbollah’s network in the region. These efforts are part of a broader IDF campaign to disrupt and dismantle Hezbollah’s terror infrastructure, aiming to secure northern Israeli communities from potential attacks.

In a targeted raid based on precise intelligence, Israeli troops from the 36th Division, alongside elite Shayetet 13, Yahalom, and Oketz units, supported by the 282nd Brigade, struck a Hezbollah terrorist compound planned for launching infiltrations and attacks on Israeli soil. Inside the site, troops uncovered underground infrastructure stocked with logistical and medical supplies, military tents, and weapons caches prepared for extended operations. They destroyed rocket launchers, high-powered explosives, anti-tank missiles, mortar shells, and an AK-47 arsenal. A surface-to-air missile launcher concealed in a mountainside track, positioned to target civilian areas in northern Israel, was also dismantled.

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In recent operations, the IDF’s 5th Brigade located and dismantled an extensive underground Hamas weapons manufacturing site in the central Gaza Strip, near Zeitoun. Discovered in a tunnel complex, the facility was used to produce rockets, shells, grenades, and included diving equipment for sea infiltration attempts into Israeli territory. The tunnel network also featured fully equipped living quarters with food supplies, cooking facilities, and offices. Engineering units, in collaboration with the Yahalom Unit and the Defense Ministry’s Engineering and Construction Directorate, neutralized the manufacturing site, significantly disrupting Hamas’s weapons production capabilities.

The IDF has announced the elimination of two senior Hezbollah commanders, Mousa Izz al-Din, who led forces in the coastal sector, and Hassan Majid Daib, the group’s artillery commander for the same region. This targeted operation, conducted in the Tyre area, neutralized leaders responsible for launching over 400 projectiles into Israel during October alone, including the recent rocket attack on Haifa Bay. In the past day, the Israeli Air Force also struck more than 120 Hezbollah and Hamas targets, hitting anti-tank launch sites, weapon storage facilities, and command centers in Lebanon. IDF ground troops are continuing pinpoint raids in southern Lebanon, locating and destroying Hezbollah’s military infrastructure and neutralizing additional operatives.

On Fri night a surface-to-surface missile launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah struck a residential building in the Arab city of Tira in central Israel, causing at least seven injuries. Among the injured, two people sustained moderate injuries, five others had minor injuries, and an additional two were treated for anxiety.

The IAF struck and killed Jaafar Khader Faour, the Hezbollah commander responsible for the Nasser Unit’s missile and rocket systems, in Jouaiyya, southern Lebanon, the IDF announced. Also killed was the unit’s drone operations leader. Faour had overseen numerous rocket attacks, including strikes on Israeli communities in the Golan Heights, and orchestrated the first rocket launches into Israel on October 8. Notably, Faour was behind a recent attack on Metula, which killed five civilians, as well as other deadly strikes on Israeli areas.

Dashcam footage captures the moment a rocket or missile from Lebanon strikes a home in the central Israeli city of Tira.

The IDF announced updates to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines for select areas, effective today at 18:00. Following a situational assessment, the threat level in the Lower Galilee and parts of the southern Golan, including specific communities within the Emek HaYarden municipalities, will be upgraded from “partial” to “full.” Gatherings of up to 2,000 people will now be allowed in these areas. Guidelines for the rest of the country remain unchanged. The latest directives are available through the Home Front Command’s official channels, National Emergency Portal, and app.

The IDF announced that the 205th Reserve Brigade, under the 146th Division, has conducted localized ground raids in a village in southern Lebanon, targeting underground terrorist infrastructure. The operation, based on precise intelligence, led troops to uncover weapons caches hidden in homes and a vehicle in civilian areas, including a ready-to-launch rocket launcher. During the raids, IDF forces dismantled multiple terrorist sites, observation posts, and weapon storage facilities. Close-quarters engagements and airstrikes resulted in the elimination of dozens of terrorists. Among the findings was a vehicle carrying AK-47 rifles, ammunition, and military vests, all of which were confiscated.