Israel Targets Southern Lebanon with Overnight Air Strikes
- On Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted overnight strikes across southern Lebanon, with explosions reported in Srebbine, Mansouri, and al-Qantara amid continuing tensions around a strategic Hezbollah stronghold.
- These strikes occur amid confrontation around the Ali Taher ridge, where the IDF maintains control over access routes to a fortified underground Hezbollah complex housing operatives and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers.
- In mid-August, Hezbollah launched an attack drone that seriously wounded an IDF officer and two soldiers. Lebanese authorities later reported nine people killed in subsequent Israeli strikes around the Ali Taher ridge, Ansar, and Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
- Shortly before the strikes, the municipality of Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli city near the Lebanese border, alerted residents that additional IDF activity was expected. The military stated operations target Hezbollah infrastructure including command centers and rocket launchers.
- Israel has largely refrained from accelerating operations against the complex, citing concerns that such actions could provoke an Iranian response and trigger broader regional escalation.
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Israeli explosions, shelling and strikes reported across south Lebanon
Israeli explosions, shelling and strikes reported across south Lebanon Israeli forces carried out several explosions on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of Srebbine in the Bint Jbeil district, state media reported. The National News Agency added that shelling from military tanks was reported in the town of Mansouri, south of Tyre. Overnight air strikes were also reported in al-Qantara, Marjayoun. Elsewhere, artillery shelling target…
UNDERGROUND STANDOFF: Dozens Of Hezbollah Terrorists, Iranian Advisers Trapped At Strategic Lebanese Ridge
The battle over the strategic Ali al-Taher Ridge in Lebanon has emerged as one of the key flashpoints of the Third Lebanon War, with dozens of Hezbollah terrorists and Iranian advisers trapped inside a massive underground network as quiet diplomatic efforts continue to seek a way out of the standoff. Most of the Iranian advisers […]
IDF strikes Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon
Dozens of Hezbollah operatives and IRGC officers are trapped inside a strategic underground complex on the Ali Taher Ridge. By David Israel, TPS The IDF launched another wave of strikes overnight Monday on the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s Al-Manar television, which is affiliated with Hezbollah. Throughout the day Sunday, Lebanese media reported Israeli strikes in the area of the ridge, including artillery fire and …
Violent Israeli bombings struck Ali Taher and several villages in South Lebanon, causing fires and damage, in the face of continuing diplomatic tensions.
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