The IDF is preparing for the possibility of several days of combat in Lebanon after Hezbollah violated the ceasefire, Channel 12 reported on Sunday.
The escalation comes as the IDF continues to work to eliminate the remaining Hezbollah infrastructure on the Ali al-Taher and Beaufort ridges in the Israeli security zone in southern Lebanon. At the same time, the terror organization is doing everything it can to prevent it, including by attacking the Israeli forces.
According to the report, Hezbollah terrorists, possibly even a few dozen, are holed up underground on the Ali al-Taher Ridge. The IDF has prevented the terrorist organization from assisting them.
As of late, Israel has shown restraint in Lebanon to respect the American-led negotiations with the Lebanese government, to the point where the political echelon rejected proposals from the military to respond to Hezbollah's aggression.
However, after a Hezbollah drone attack on Saturday severely wounded three IDF soldiers, the military responded forcefully by launching a large-scale wave of airstrikes.
One of the strikes targeted a central headquarters of the Hezbollah Radwan Force unit in the Ansar area in southern Lebanon, eliminating Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, a battalion commander in the Radwan Force, as well as several additional terrorists.
In another strike in the Deir ez-Zahrania area, the IDF eliminated Abu Hassan Alaa, a senior commander in the “Badder Unit" of the Hezbollah terrorist organization who took part in advancing numerous terror attacks against IDF soldiers operating in the Security Zone, including the launch of explosive drones toward IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon.