Beirut, Nov 15: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) On Thursday night, Israel Air Force fighter jets, operating under the guidance of the IDF’s Intelligence Division, targeted and struck weapons storage facilities belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Dahieh neighbourhood of Beirut.This is another example of the cynical exploitation of the terrorist organization Hezbollah of Lebanese citizens, who are used as human shields in the city centres,” IDF said, adding, “This attack is another part of the ongoing effort to damage the infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the Beirut area.”
Before the attack,Ā the IDF took numerous measures to minimize the risk of civilian casualties, including issuing advance warnings to the residents of the area.
Israeli airstrikes have killed approximately 200 Hezbollah terrorists and destroyed 140 rocket launchers in the past week, the Israel Defense Forces disclosed on Thursday morning.
Targets included a launcher from which rockets were fired into the Western Galilee and central Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday, the army added.
Among the terrorists eliminated in the strikes were the head of battalion operations and the head of battalion anti-tank weapons in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in the coastal sector.
“These attacks and assassinations constitute another damage to the ability of the terrorist organization Hezbollah to promote and carry out terrorist operations from southern Lebanon against the Israeli rear on the northern border,” the IDF said.
Meanwhile, Lebanese media reported new airstrikes on the Dahieh district of Beirut. Dahieh is a Shia stronghold in the southern area of Lebanon’s capital city. The IDF said on Wednesday it had destroyed “a majority” of the Iran-backed terror group’s weapons storage and production facilities located below the neighbourhood.