The IAF struck the Zarieh Bridge over the Litani River in Lebanon on Friday, the IDF announced, as part of its ongoing actions against the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
According to the IDF, Hezbollah used the bridge to cross from northern to southern Lebanon in order to prepare for combat.
They had also recently positioned rocket launchers near the bridge and had fired on Israel using them.
On Thursday, The Jerusalem Post reported that Hezbollah has over 1,000 long-range missiles with which to continue to hammer Israel’s home front, in addition to potentially tens of thousands of shorter-range missiles.
The IDF noted that it had killed over 300 Hezbollah fighters and downed around 50 large structures in Hezbollah’s Dahiya stronghold in Beirut.
Previous reporting indicated that Israel was discussing the option of striking civilian infrastructure targets in Lebanon, but a decision had not been made.
IDF Chief of Staff says Lebanon war front equal to Iran
Lebanon is now a co-equal primary front with Iran in the current war, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir said later on Thursday.
Zamir’s comments came amid a flurry of messages from top Israeli defense officials about the next stage in the conflict with Hezbollah, with some emphasizing a graduated escalation, and others a potentially imminent, much wider invasion.
IDF targets Hezbollah terrorist, and lecturer at Lebanese University in Beirut
On Friday, the IDF announced in a statement that IAF forces killed Hezbollah terrorist, Murtada Hussein Srour, the day before (Thursday).
Srour was reportedly part of Hezbollah's aerial unit and, according to the IDF, was a key figure and an expert in weapons manufacturing within the organization. He was also the brother of Mohammad Hussein Srour, the commander of Hezbollah’s aerial unit, who was eliminated during Operation Northern Arrows.
In addition to his activities with Hezbollah, Murtada Hussein Srour worked as a chemistry lecturer at Lebanese University in Beirut. According to IDF intelligence, many other operatives within Hezbollah, who specialize in manufacturing weapons, are similarly employed as lecturers at various universities in Lebanon.
Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.