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| Wave of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon targets Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force |
| 2025-09-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Lebanon’s PM questions whether Israel is committed to ceasefire framework amid persistent ‘intimidation,’ as IDF says it struck terror group’s weapons depots Israel said on Thursday it had launched a fresh wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon to prevent the terror group from rebuilding in the area. Before the strikes, the IDF issued evacuation warnings for four sites in southern Lebanon, before later calling to clear the vicinity surrounding two additional buildings. In the evacuation order, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee said that the strikes had been ordered in response to Hezbollah’s “prohibited attempts to rebuild its activities in the area.” He published maps of the targeted buildings, calling residents and those close by to evacuate “immediately and distance yourselves from them by no less than 500 meters.” The strikes were carried out in two main waves following evacuation warnings to residents of Mays al-Jabal, Kfar Tebnit, Dibbin, Chehabiyeh, and Burj Qalaouiyah. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said roads leading out of Kfar Tebnit were full of people who had left their homes ahead of the attacks. It said that the strikes had caused material damage to the targeted areas. The IDF said later on Thursday that the strikes had targeted several weapon depots belonging to Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force. The Radwan force was previously tasked with invading Israel in a future war, and the IDF says the elite unit had advanced the terror group’s “Conquer the Galilee” plan for years, until the 2023-2024 war that saw most of Hezbollah’s leadership eliminated. “The Hezbollah terror organization continues its attempts to restore terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon, especially the Radwan unit, with the aim of harming the State of Israel,” the military said in a statement. The IDF said Hezbollah’s efforts to restore the Radwan Force were a violation of the ceasefire, and added that troops “have been operating over the past two years against the unit’s attempts to recover and rebuild its strength.” Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the strikes in comments to Lebanon’s cabinet, and questioned Israel’s commitment to halting hostilities in the region, given the frequent strikes against what Israel says are Hezbollah targets violating the ceasefire in the country’s south. |
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