Israel PM orders attacks on Hezbollah after army alleges truce violations
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A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces to attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
PHOTO: REUTERS
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on April 25 ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah hard after what the army said was a string of ceasefire violations.
According to a brief statement from his office, the Prime Minister “ordered the IDF to forcefully attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon”, after the military said the Iran-backed group had violated a ceasefire that was extended earlier this week.
Several hours earlier, in several separate statements, the military said it had “eliminated more than 15 terrorists in southern Lebanon”, including three who were driving a vehicle “loaded with weapons”.
It also accused the militants of “launching explosive drones towards IDF soldiers” in the Qantara area that “detonated” near the troops but caused no injuries.
Troops had also found “an anti-tank missile cache in a Hezbollah weapons storage facility” and an underground shaft containing Kalashnikov rifles, it said. AFP
