Prime Minister's Office in rare Saturday statement in English: 'Three soldiers seriously wounded in Hezbollah attack'
The Prime Minister's Office issued a rare Saturday statement in English on X, reporting that three soldiers were seriously wounded in a Hezbollah attack. The statement accused the organization of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon and attacking IDF forces in the security zone. The IDF confirmed it eliminated Ali Samir Al-Hajj Hassan, a battalion commander in the Radwan unit, in a strike on a headquarters in the Ansar area, where his family members were also present, serving as human shields.
The Prime Minister's Office issued a rare Saturday statement in English on X, reporting that three soldiers were seriously wounded in a Hezbollah attack. The statement accused the terrorist organization Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire in Lebanon this morning and attacking IDF forces in the security zone near the border. It further stated that Israel's subsequent strike in Lebanon targeted the Hezbollah headquarters that organized the attack, and only afterward did the IDF learn that Hezbollah had placed civilians inside the military headquarters. Meanwhile, the IDF announced that it had eliminated overnight a battalion commander in Hezbollah's Radwan unit, Ali Samir Al-Hajj Hassan, in a strike on a central headquarters in the Ansar area in southern Lebanon. Other terrorists were also killed in the strike. At the time of the strike, Hassan's family was present at the headquarters and, according to claims, was harmed. The IDF emphasized that they were not the target of the strike, and that Hassan was a legitimate target under international law, and that the terrorist used his family as human shields.