IDF: 90% of Hezbollah launch sites hit on Sunday were near civilian areas, including schools and UN sites
The terrorist organization Hezbollah places its terrorist infrastructure in the middle of the civilian population and uses Lebanese civilians as human shields. (Photo: IDF)
The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that around 90 percent of Hezbollah rocket launch sites they attacked on Sunday in preparation for a planned large-scale attack The Israeli investigators were near civilian areas in southern Lebanon.
“Early Sunday morning, the Israeli army attacked Hezbollah targets that posed an imminent threat after discovering that Hezbollah was preparing to fire rockets and missiles at the north and center of the State of Israel,” Israeli army spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari wrote on X.
Early Sunday morning, Israeli forces attacked Hezbollah targets that posed an imminent threat after discovering that Hezbollah was preparing to launch rockets and missiles at the north and center of the State of Israel.
During the strike, about 230 takeoffs and 20… took place. pic.twitter.com/jbtEuuQ1Pz
– Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) 26 August 2024
Hezbollah has “placed its terrorist infrastructure in the heart of the civilian population, using Lebanese civilians as human shields. 90 percent of the attacks came from the heart of civilian areas, near civilian facilities such as mosques, schools, UN sites, etc.,” he added.
Hagari attached several images showing the proximity of some Hezbollah rocket launchers to civilian buildings. For example, in the Hanniyeh area, a rocket launcher was only about 150 meters from a UN building.
Here is the summary of yesterday’s Hezbollah attack and our defense. pic.twitter.com/LgkzIYdHQR
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) 26 August 2024
In Tallouseh, about a dozen launch pads were placed between a school and a mosque, only 150 to 160 meters apart.
“We warn civilians in the areas where Hezbollah operates to immediately leave the danger zone for their own safety,” Hagari said.
WATCH how the IAF acted precisely today to stop a large-scale Hezbollah terrorist attack.
Our operation in Lebanon targeted the terrorist infrastructure that Hezbollah wanted to use against us to protect Israeli families and homes. pic.twitter.com/2J3sqAnFWB
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) 25 August 2024
Footage of Sunday’s Israeli strikes showed massive secondary explosions caused by the detonation of the munitions, as well as ready-to-launch rockets flying off in unpredictable directions amid the explosions.
100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100-100 ו והשמידו אלפי קני שיג ור של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה שמוקמו והוטמנו במרחב דרום לבנון. רובם כוונו לעבר הצפון וחלקם לעבר מרכז הארץ.
כמו כן, הותקפו למעלה מ-40 מרחבי שיגור pic.twitter.com/zTAmG9GZsW
– Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) 25 August 2024
This underscores the immediate danger to the Lebanese civilian population living near Hezbollah military bases scattered throughout southern Lebanon.
In broad waves of air raids According to their own statements, the Israeli armed forces used about 100 fighter jets to simultaneously attack 270 individual targets at about 40 locations in Lebanon, including thousands of rocket launchers.
Today, on @BBC I spoke about our real-time self-defense strikes in southern Lebanon to thwart Hezbollah’s large-scale attack on northern and central Israel. pic.twitter.com/YdR34hDCj0
— LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) 25 August 2024
“About 90 percent of the targets attacked were short-range missiles and rocket launchers aimed at the north of the country. In addition, at least six terrorists were eliminated,” Hagari said.
Despite the Israeli operation, “Hezbollah fired about 230 rockets and over 20 unmanned aerial vehicles. Most of them fell en route to Israeli territory, in open terrain or were intercepted by air force and naval defense systems.”
