The IDF's Northern Command has destroyed 60% of Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanese villages, including areas where the IDF has operational control in southern Lebanon, a senior IDF Northern Command officer told Walla on Monday.
The officer emphasized that the army operates unrestricted, using both air and ground strikes. "Everywhere we identify an enemy, we attack," he added.
The IDF divides its mission into two zones: up to the Forward Defense Line and north of it. Up to the Forward Defense Line, forces aim to destroy enemy infrastructure and clear the area of militants. Beyond the Forward Defense Line, operations are conducted in a targeted manner.
The Israeli military employs a wide range of weapons against militants in southern Lebanon, including shoulder-fired and anti-tank missiles, precision-guided munitions, accurate mortars, and airstrikes from fighter jets and drones. "There’s no way I identify an enemy and don’t attack it," the officer said. He added that Hezbollah is struck daily with "painful blows" and that orders exist to expand operations.
Hezbollah relies on drones, rockets, and mortar shells
Most of Hezbollah’s activity in the area, aside from drone use, relies on rockets and mortar shells. "They don’t want to face me directly; they don’t want contact," the officer said. IDF estimates place hundreds of militants from other organizations between the FDL and the Litani River, and the army is actively seeking and striking them. "Most of their force is expressed through drone operations and high-trajectory fire," he said. "There is also occasional anti-tank fire, and that basically sums up their use of force. These are the three main things."
Within the IDF-controlled zone up to the FDL, 60% of targeted structures across roughly 600 square kilometers in 63 villages have been destroyed. "Every enemy or terror infrastructure within the [Forward Defense] Line is destroyed. Not a single one will remain. We operate systematically, in an orderly, very organized manner against enemy infrastructure," the officer said.
He continued, "We have documentation of all their activities, documentation of what we found, documentation of underground infrastructure we uncovered, all in a very organized way. And any such infrastructure we find and identify, we destroy."
The officer noted that many homes contain weapons, underground facilities, tunnels, or incitement materials. "Every second house contains something - arms, underground facilities, tunnels, incitement materials—so we will not allow this to happen again."