Our forces carrying out offensive action in south Lebanon : Israeli Army

Israeli forces are carrying out “offensive action” across southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday without specifying whether ground troops had crossed the border.

“Many forces are deployed on the border and IDF (army) forces are carrying out offensive action currently throughout southern Lebanon,” Gallant said in a statement, also claiming that “half of Hezbollah’s commanders in southern Lebanon have been eliminated” in months of violence.

“The other half are in hiding and abandoning the field to IDF operations,” he added without giving a specific number.

In a separate statement, the army said it had struck 40 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.

Earlier , The Israeli army claimed that 40 targets in south Lebanon were struck a short while ago, including storage facilities, weaponry and additional infrastructures used by the Hezbollah organization in the area .

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