Israeli Soldiers Strike Hezbollah Arms Transfer in Southern Lebanon

Israeli Soldiers Strike Hezbollah Squad Transferring Weapons

On Wednesday morning, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reported that Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon had struck a Hezbollah squad transferring arms from a weapons storage facility to a vehicle. The army released footage showing the terrorists taking weapons to a white van parked outside a building just before Tuesday's strike.

The IDF identified Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon transferring weapons from a weapons storage facility to a vehicle parked nearby. To eliminate the threat, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck the weapons storage facility and the vehicle.

The IDF is operating in accordance with the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF remains deployed in southern Lebanon and will operate against any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens.

Ceasefire Agreement and Troop Withdrawals

Under the terms of a two-month ceasefire that went into effect on November 27, Hezbollah is supposed to withdraw its armed presence from areas of southern Lebanon south of the Litani River. Israeli forces will also withdraw from southern Lebanon in stages. The Lebanese Armed Forces are to be deployed there first, including along the 120 km border with Israel, with monitors from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

According to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Hezbollah is forbidden from operating in southern Lebanon south of the Litani River.