[IsraelAlma] Hezbollah violated the ceasefire during the night of August 14–15, when it launched an explosive drone at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops positioned, in accordance with the Framework Agreement, inside the Yellow Zone in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area (مرتفع علي الطاهر). The explosive drone seriously wounded three IDF soldiers. This was the third explosive drone launched by Hezbollah against IDF forces in this area.
In response to Hezbollah’s violation, the IDF launched strikes against Hezbollah targets. The main strikes were carried out in Ansar (أنصار), Deir al-Zahrani (دير الزهراني), and the Ali al-Taher Ridge area. Six Hezbollah operatives were eliminated in the strikes, including two senior operatives from the Radwan Unit and the Badr Unit.
During the night of August 14–15, the IDF conducted a targeted strike against a Radwan Unit military headquarters operating from a civilian building inside the village of Ansar, in the Nabatieh Governorate of southern Lebanon. The strike eliminated Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan (علي سمير الحاج حسن), from the village of Chmistar (شمسطار) in the Bekaa Governorate. Hassan served as a fawj commander (a battalion commander) in the Radwan Unit.
At the time of the strike, the wife and four children of Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan were inside the headquarters building in Ansar. What were Hassan’s family members doing inside a Radwan headquarters in Ansar? Hezbollah routinely employs human-shield tactics in an attempt to disrupt strikes against its operatives and assets – or, when a strike does occur, to falsely accuse Israel of deliberately targeting innocent civilians.
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