The Israeli air force conducted a series of strikes on Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites in the Dahiyeh area, the IDF announced in a statement Saturday morning.
Dahiyeh is a key Hezbollah terrorist stronghold in Beirut, where Hezbollah has systematically embedded its terrorist infrastructure amidst the Lebanese civilian population, according to the IDF.
The IDF’s Arabic spokesperson, Col. Avichay Adraee, had earlier warned Lebanese civilians in Haret Hreik in Dahiyeh to evacuate on Saturday morning on X/Twitter. Shortly after the announcement, Kan reported that there were reports of a strike in the neighborhood.
#عاجل إلى جميع السكان المتواجدين في منطقة الضاحية الجنوبية وتحديدًا في المباني المحددة في الخرائط المرفقة والمباني المجاورة لها في حارة حريك⭕️أنتم تتواجدون بالقرب من منشآت ومصالح تابعة لحزب الله حيث سيعمل ضدها جيش الدفاع بقوة على المدى الزمني القريب ⭕️من أجل سلامتكم وسلامة… pic.twitter.com/tu7wW9UdYj
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) November 16, 2024
After being warned they were near Hezbollah infrastructure that would soon be targeted, the IDF official instructed civilians to move no less than 500 meters from the sites.
IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon
The IDF later reported that Divisions 36 and 91 troops have located and destroyed weapon depots, tunnels, and Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon in the last 24 hours with the assistance of the IAF.
IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon, November 16, 2024 (credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit).
Directed by Fire Brigade 282, the IAF targeted a military compound housing multiple rocket launchers that had fired numerous rockets toward the western Galilee over the past week, the military added.
Ceasefire efforts
The latest strikes come as the US attempts to broker a truce agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, the terror group which began firing at Israel on October 8, 2023.
Hezbollah rockets on Saturday morning set fires across northern Israel and directly struck a home in Nahariya.
