It was the latest in the military campaign against the terror group. Airstrikes have become routine as the military says Hezbollah continues to attempt to rebuild its capabilities in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire in November 2024.<\/p>\n
The truce came after over a year of war along the border, including two months of open conflict that saw the IDF carry out a ground operation in Lebanon\u2019s south in a bid to enable the safe return of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel displaced by the terror group\u2019s near-daily attacks.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah began attacking Israel on October 8, 2023 \u2014 a day after fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n
The Israeli offensive launched in September 2024 devastated the terror group\u2019s leadership and significantly curtailed its military capabilities.<\/p>\n
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The ceasefire required both Israel and Hezbollah to vacate southern Lebanon, to be replaced by the Lebanese armed forces. Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border.<\/p>\n
Since the ceasefire, the IDF said it has killed over 400 Hezbollah operatives and members of allied terror groups in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Weakened by the war and still facing regular Israeli strikes, Hezbollah is under internal and international pressure to hand over its weapons, with the Lebanese army having drawn up a plan to disarm it. It has so far refused.<\/p>\n
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