The IDF confirmed that earlier today (Sunday), the IAF conducted intelligence-based strikes on Hezbollah command centers which were deliberately embedded between civilian buildings in the Dahieh, a key Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut. According to the IDF, from those command centers, the Hezbollah terrorist organization is directing its terror activities against the State of Israel.
"All targets struck were deliberately embedded by the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the heart of civilian areas, this is a further example of how the Hezbollah terrorist organization cynically uses the Lebanese civilian population as a human shield," the IDF stated.
Prior to the strikes, numerous steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including collecting prior intelligence, leveraging aerial surveillance, and issuing advance warnings to the civilian population in the area.
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