{"id":565207,"date":"2026-07-29T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565207\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:17:08","slug":"idf-bulldozer-struck-by-hezbollah-drone-israel-expected-to-retaliate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/565207\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF bulldozer struck by Hezbollah drone, Israel expected to retaliate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel will respond to the striking of an IDF<\/a> bulldozer overnight Wednesday by a Hezbollah<\/a> drone, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The source added that talks were being held as to the nature of the response.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, the IDF Northern Command confirmed the overnight strike, which took place in the area of the Ali Taher Ridge, the IDF said, calling it a \u201cblatant violation\u201d of the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

The site is located at the edge of Israel’s security zone, a highland with a 600-meter elevation in Nabatiya, north of the Litani River.<\/p>\n

About a month ago, the IDF said it killed armed Hezbollah operatives there in two separate incidents, after the fighters approached its position in the Ridge.<\/p>\n

In southern Lebanon, IDF troops located over the past few days weapons belonging to Hezbollah, including Kalashnikovs, RPGs, explosives, grenades, and others, the military<\/a> announced on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This same process took place at a few locations in the security belt area that troops are operating in.<\/p>\n

The IDF said that in an incident in the area of Ras el-Bayada, located about 10 kilometers north of Rosh Hanikra, troops shot towards a suspect \u201cthat approached the forces in a threatening manner,\u201d after the suspect continued to get closer despite calls to stop. The announcement did not give further clarifications.<\/p>\n

The IDF said that in an incident in the area of Ras el-Bayada, located about 10 kilometers north of Rosh Hanikra, troops shot towards a suspect \u201cthat approached the forces in a threatening manner,\u201d after the suspect continued to get closer despite calls to stop. The announcement did not give further clarifications.<\/p>\n

In Haddatha in the Nabatiya area, troops destroyed an underground route that served as a Hezbollah command center, the IDF announced. It was 55 meters long, contained three rooms, and was about 300 meters away from a UNIFIL<\/a> building.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The military added that nearby troops located an underground tunnel shaft that held dozens of weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel will respond to the striking of an IDF bulldozer overnight Wednesday by a Hezbollah drone, an Israeli…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16606,10363,86,1031,85,46,88,43,31671,66160],"class_list":["post-565207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-drone","tag-explosion","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-strike","tag-unifil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}