Israeli airstrikes continue on terrorist targets, rocket launchers in southern Lebanon

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) connected Saturday said it was continuing to extensively onslaught violent targets successful confederate Lebanon for a 2nd time aft detecting that Hezbollah was preparing to occurrence connected Israeli territory. 

"Dozens of Israeli Air Force craft are presently striking violent targets and rocket launchers to region the menace to Israeli civilians," IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Saturday successful a translation of a property briefing. 

The strikes person killed astatine slightest 2 apical Hezbollah commanders and much than a twelve members of the group. 

ISRAELI'S WAR FRONT SHIFTS DRAMATICALLY TO NORTH AGAINST IRA-BACKED HEZBOLLAH TERRORISTS

Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, left, conducts a concern assessment.  (Ariel Hermoni)

"We are methodically targeting and degrading Hezbollah’s launching capabilities, eliminating commanders and terrorists, arsenic we did passim the day," Hagari said. "Overall, contiguous we struck astir 400 Hezbollah launchers, including thousands of rocket launcher barrels."

Hagari said to Israelis: "Rockets and different threats whitethorn beryllium launched toward Israeli territory successful the adjacent future. We inquire you to strictly travel the Home Front Command’s antiaircraft guidelines. We are successful the midst of a clip of warfare, truthful it is important to stay vigilant and alert."

IDF SAYS HAMAS OPERATIVE, OTHER TERRORISTS KILLED AS IT CARRIES OUT ‘INTELLIGENCE-BASED’ STRIKES IN GAZA 

Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, center, conducts a concern appraisal unneurotic with the IDF Chief of the General Staff, Director General of the Ministry of Defense, and further elder defence officials, Saturday. (Ariel Hermoni)

On Friday, helium said the IDF killed Ibrahim Aqil, caput of Hezbollah's Operations Unit, on with 15 commanders of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Unit.

Ahmed Wahbi, who oversaw the subject operations of Hezbollah’s Radwan peculiar forces portion until aboriginal 2024, was besides killed successful the attack. 

Mourners rise their hands and chant slogans during the ceremonial procession of Hezbollah fighters who were killed successful Friday's Israeli strike, successful the confederate suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday.  (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

"They met to program panic attacks and infiltrations into Israeli territory, but we knew wherever they were, and preempted them - eliminating them successful a precise and almighty cognition conducted by the Intelligence Directorate and the Israeli Air Force," Hagari said. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has besides called for an exigency gathering Saturday nighttime of the peculiar Security Cabinet astatine the IDF office successful Tel Aviv implicit the Lebanon strikes.

Fox News Digital's Ben Evansky contributed to this report.