The IDF also conducted raids on several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, killing over ten terrorists and locating large amounts of weaponry, the military announced earlier on Sunday.
The commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force’s special forces, Abu Khalil Barji, was killed in an IDF air strike in Lebanon on Saturday, the military announced on Sunday.
According to the IDF, Barji was killed, along with two other terrorists, in the area of Majdal Selm in southern Lebanon.
The IDF also conducted raids on several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, killing over ten terrorists and locating large amounts of weaponry, the military announced earlier on Sunday.
Among the sites raided was a Hezbollah gathering point in southern Lebanon, where the IDF located numerous weapons, including rockets.
The weaponry, the military stated, would have been used to carry out terror attacks against IDF troops and against Israel.
IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah terrorists, published March 20, 2026. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
On Sunday afternoon, the IDF announced that it was beginning a new wave of strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.
IDF engages Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
On Saturday, Israeli troops engaged several Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon during ground operations, the IDF said.
The IDF said that the troops, combat soldiers from the Givati Brigade, which serves under Division 91, killed one terrorist in a firefight while directing the Israel Air Force to strike multiple other terrorists in the area who had opened fire on the troops.
Three additional terrorists were killed by tankfire, the IDF said, adding that the Israeli side suffered no casualties.
The military also announced on Sunday that the Israeli Air Force, directed by ground troops, had killed an additional nine Hezbollah terrorists on Saturday night in southern Lebanon. No IDF injuries were reported.