\u201cThe Hezbollah terror organization has again blatantly violated the ceasefire agreement,\u201d the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the IDF said it\u00a0struck and killed several Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
In one incident, the military said it struck and killed \u201cthree Hezbollah terrorists who were traveling in a pickup truck armed with weapons.\u201d The strike took place in Yohmor, just north of the Israeli-held security zone.<\/p>\n
\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0647\u062f\u0627\u0641 \u0633\u064a\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u064a\u062d\u0645\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0642\u064a\u0641 \u0642\u0636\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0628\u0637\u064a\u0629 pic.twitter.com\/IxP1HjZv1F<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u0647\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646 (@thisislebnews) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In another incident, in the security zone, the military said it struck and killed a \u201cterrorist riding a motorcycle.\u201d Two more Hezbollah armed operatives, who were identified by troops in the security zone, were killed in an airstrike, the military said.\n<\/p>\n The IDF said all the operatives \u201cposed a threat to IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n \u05d7\u05d9\u05e1\u05d5\u05dc \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05da: \u05e6\u05d4”\u05dc \u05d7\u05d9\u05e1\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de-15 \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05de\u05d4\u05dc\u05da \u05e1\u05d5\u05e3 \u05d4\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2<\/p>\n \u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05e7\u05e6\u05e8, \u05db\u05d5\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05d2\u05d3\u05d4 36 \u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d7\u05d9\u05e1\u05dc\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05e8\u05d2\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05d8\u05e8\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d6\u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05dc\u05d4 \u05e9\u05e0\u05e1\u05e2\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d8\u05e0\u05d3\u05e8 \u05d7\u05de\u05d5\u05e9 \u05d1\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05e2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05de\u05d4. \u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3, \u05d7\u05d5\u05e1\u05dc \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc \u05e9\u05e0\u05e1\u05e2 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05e4\u05e0\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d5\u05df, \u05d3\u05e8\u05d5\u05de\u05d9\u05ea \u05dc\u05e7\u05d5 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e7\u05d3\u05de\u05d9.<\/p>\n \u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05d3\u05dd \u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/G7CYQvvp8k<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Additionally, the IDF said it struck several buildings used by Hezbollah, including the terror group\u2019s elite Radwan Force, in the southern Lebanon security zone. The buildings were used by Hezbollah for storing weapons and carrying out attacks, the IDF said.\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe buildings were struck to remove a threat to IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians,\u201d the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n Lebanon\u2019s health ministry said Israeli strikes in the south had killed four people.<\/p>\n The Israeli Air Force also struck Hezbollah rocket launchers in southern Lebanon overnight, the military said. The launchers were struck in the towns of Deir ez-Zahrani, Kfar Reman, and Sammaaiyeh, all north of the IDF-held security zone. The military said the launchers \u201cposed a real threat to IDF troops and Israeli civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n The incidents came despite an ongoing ceasefire in Lebanon, which US President Donald Trump said Thursday night would be extended by three weeks, while noting that\u00a0Israel could carry out strikes in Lebanon in self-defense.<\/p>\n The IDF has said that since the truce took effect on April 17, it has killed over 30 Hezbollah operatives who posed a threat to troops, and destroyed hundreds of the terror group\u2019s sites. Hezbollah, meanwhile, has been carrying out multiple attacks per day on Israeli forces stationed in southern Lebanon amid the ceasefire, while claiming that it is responding to alleged Israeli violations of the truce.<\/p>\n \t Trump announced the ceasefire extension after hosting Israeli and Lebanese envoys for the second round of the two countries\u2019 highest-level\u00a0negotiations\u00a0in decades. The sides in a joint statement agreed on the \u201curgent need\u201d to revive a November 2024 ceasefire deal that required the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday accused Hezbollah of trying to sabotage the truce.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have begun a process to achieve a historic peace between Israel and Lebanon, and it is clear to us that Hezbollah is trying to sabotage this,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWe are maintaining full freedom of action against any threat, including emerging threats. We struck yesterday, and we struck today. We are determined to restore security to the residents of the north.\u201d<\/p>\n The negotiations are the first direct, sustained contact in decades between Israel and its northern neighbor, which have technically been at war since 1948, when Israel was established.<\/p>\n The first round of negotiations took place on April 14. Two days later, Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which is set to expire on Sunday. The ceasefire came as Iran warned that Israel\u2019s continued attacks in Lebanon could upend the ceasefire that Trump announced with the Islamic Republic on April 8.<\/p>\n Israel and Hezbollah have continued exchanging smaller-scale blows, accusing each other of violating the Lebanon ceasefire.<\/p>\n Israel has pushed troops deeper into Lebanon and carried out massive airstrikes there after Hezbollah started firing rockets at Israel on March 2 for the first time since the November 2024 ceasefire agreement. That agreement ended over a year of conflict initiated by Hezbollah, during which Metula was largely evacuated and heavily damaged by rocket fire.<\/p>\n The terror group has said it renewed its attacks in response to both Israel\u2019s continued attacks and presence in Lebanon since that agreement, and the killing of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, at the start of the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n
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