IDF says it struck 100 targets, killed 20 terrorists in ground operations north of Litani

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that its ground operations north of the Litani River in Lebanon resulted in the deaths of more than 20 terrorists and approximately 100 strikes. Soldiers from the Givati Brigade were deployed to establish positions in Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Zawtar al-Gharbiyah.

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to remove the direct threat to Israeli communities in the Galilee Panhandle and in Metula and to strengthen operational activity in southern Lebanon

The stated objectives of these operations were to neutralize the direct threat to Israeli communities in the Galilee Panhandle and Metula, and to enhance operational activity in southern Lebanon. The IDF also reported discovering hundreds of weapons stored within civilian homes in the operational area.

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It should be emphasized that the hospital was not targeted and was apparently damaged incidentally as a result of the strikes

Earlier on Tuesday, an IDF strike targeting Hezbollah terror infrastructure in the city of Tyre caused damage to a civilian hospital. The military clarified that the hospital was not the intended target and was apparently damaged incidentally. The IDF emphasized that Hezbollah systematically embeds itself within civilian infrastructure and population centers, a tactic that endangers patients, medical staff, and civilians.

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Hezbollah "systematically embeds itself within civilian infrastructure and population centers"