The IDF has killed over 370 Hezbollah fighters since the November 27, 2024, ceasefire with Lebanon, the IDF reported Thursday.
It has carried out these targeted killings as part of about 1,200 diverse operations and attacks designed to prevent Hezbollah from redeploying its forces to southern Lebanon and from restoring its prewar arsenal of more than 150,000 rockets, the IDF said.
Hezbollah now possesses about 20% of its prewar capacity, but it has had success in recent months in starting to restore portions of that capacity, IDF sources have told The Jerusalem Post.
IDF escalates attacks to stop Hezbollah rebuilding
IDF Division 91 carries the primary responsibility against Hezbollah, but IDF Division 210, including the special and still relatively new Brigade 810, handles any issues with Hezbollah in the Mount Dov area, they said.
The Post has visited three different Lebanese villages or Israeli outposts in southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah’s progress in reestablishing its presence appeared to be very limited.
With the Lebanese government failing to disarm Hezbollah, and the terrorist group learning new ways to smuggle weapons, the IDF has been escalating its attacks so that it abides by the parameters of the ceasefire and stops trying to rebuild capabilities for threatening Israel.
On Thursday, a few days after the assassination of Hezbollah chief of staff Haitham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah said Lebanon and its people have the right to do whatever is necessary to stop “the enemy” and prevent harm to the sanctity of the nation and its sovereignty.
“A full year has passed since the ceasefire agreement, and Lebanon has not witnessed any commitment by Israel to halt its attacks,” it said in a statement.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said: “Today marks one year since the declaration of the ceasefire agreement, to which Lebanon has fully adhered, while Israel continues to refuse to implement it. The Lebanese Army has completely fulfilled its duties in the area of its deployment south of the Litani River.”