Nabatieh is northwest of Beaufort Castle, which the IDF retook late last month after evacuating it 26 years ago.<\/p>\n
The official said that depending on the decisions of Israeli leaders, the division could advance further north, into Nabatieh, or alternatively head west and continue operations against the terror group along the Litani River.<\/p>\n
\u201cHezbollah is retreating, but it is holding on to the Nabatieh line, where it really wants to prevent our occupation,\u201d the official said, adding that the goal of either operation would be to further weaken Hezbollah.<\/p>\n
The IDF also said on Thursday that it carried out a raid in the Wadi Saluki stream area to draw Hezbollah\u2019s attention there, with the push catching the group by surprise.<\/p>\n
\t In an official statement, the military said it achieved \u201coperational control\u201d over the Wadi Saluki stream area, around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the border.<\/p>\n Troops of the 7th Armored Brigade and Egoz Commando Unit \u201ccompleted an operation to achieve operational control and clear the area north of the Saluki stream\u201d of Hezbollah infrastructure, the IDF said.<\/p>\n The IDF said the operation is part of its efforts \u201cto strengthen operational control in southern Lebanon and remove the direct threat to the [Israeli border] communities of the Galilee Panhandle and Metula.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Saluki stream area is used by the Hezbollah terror organization as infrastructure for operating explosive drones and carrying out rocket fire against IDF troops operating in the area,\u201d the military said.<\/p>\n During the operation, the ground troops and the Israeli Air Force struck and destroyed hundreds of Hezbollah sites and killed over 50 members of the terror group, the IDF said, adding that troops also captured weapons, including anti-tank missiles and explosives.<\/p>\n Soldier wounded by explosive drone<\/p>\n Earlier, the military said an IDF soldier was moderately injured by an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n The IDF said the servicewoman, who serves in the Artillery Corps, was taken to a hospital for treatment, and her family was notified.<\/p>\n Israel has struggled to fend off growing attacks on troops in southern Lebanon and northern Israel by Hezbollah\u2019s first-person view drones, which are largely impervious to jamming technology. The terror group has also fired rockets and other types of UAVs, hitting both military and civilian targets.<\/p>\n \t The senior officer who spoke about Nabatieh noted that Hezbollah drone attacks were still a key challenge for the military, but said there had been a decline in the number of successful attacks on troops in recent days.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have introduced ammunition that should make this easier and we have good interception rates,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n He said that troops had found fiber-optic cable-guided FPV drones with large spools of cable, enabling ranges of 15 and 20 kilometers (roughly nine and 12 miles).<\/p>\n Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli strikes on Thursday targeted several areas in southern Lebanon and a village in the Baalbek region in the east, far from the Israeli border.<\/p>\n A strike wounded 10 staff members of a hospital in the Lebanese city of Tyre on Thursday, the facility\u2019s director told AFP.<\/p>\n \u201cAn area located around 15 meters [50 feet] from the hospital was targeted, and 10 members of the medical and administrative staff were wounded,\u201d said Dr Salman Aydibi, who runs Hiram hospital.<\/p>\n He said the strike shattered windows and damaged cars parked in front of the facility.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the sixth time that the area of the hospital has been targeted by Israeli raids since the start of the war,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In response to a query, the military said it was unaware of any Israeli strikes in the area at that time.<\/p>\n \t Also, after sirens sounded in northern towns, the IDF said that two rockets fired by Hezbollah impacted in an area near where troops are operating in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFP__20260305__A22M3GN__v1__HighRes__LebanonIsraelIranUsWar-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tA view of the site of an Israeli airstrike is pictured in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on March 5, 2026. (Mouhammad al-ZANATY \/ AFP)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40dc53ea-e72b-4839-b6c6-b190362c3ada-1-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tIDF troops operate near the Wadi Saluki stream in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published June 11, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260611__B6RQ7YG__v1__HighRes__LebanonIsraelIranUsWar.jpg\")
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\n\t\tSmoke rises from the site of a string of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 11, 2026. (Abbas Fakih \/ AFP)<\/p>\n
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