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A wave of Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah infrastructure and operatives throughout southern Lebanon and on the border with Syria on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Ahead of the strikes, the military issued evacuation warnings for residents of several towns in southern Lebanon.
According to the IDF, one wave of strikes targeted Hezbollah weapon depots, including one located underground.
“The infrastructures that were struck were located in the heart of a civilian population. This is another example of the cynical use by the Hezbollah terror organization of Lebanese civilians as human shields and of the organization’s activity from within civilian assets,” the army said.
The IDF added that Hezbollah’s activity at the sites constitutes a violation of the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and poses a threat to Israel.
The state-run National News Agency said Israeli warplanes launched raids on buildings in several southern Lebanese towns, including Qennarit and Kfour, after the evacuation warnings.
בפעם השנייה השבוע: צה”ל תקף תשתיות של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה שמוקמו בלב האוכלוסייה האזרחית בדרום לבנון
צה”ל תקף לפני זמן קצר תשתיות טרור של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה במספר מרחבים בדרום לבנון.
במסגרת התקיפות, צה”ל תקף מחסני אמצעי לחימה ואתר תת-קרקעי ששימש לאחסון אמצעי לחימה של ארגון… pic.twitter.com/KDolLojkiz
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) January 21, 2026
An AFP photographer was slightly wounded along with two other journalists who were working near the site of a heavy strike in Qennarit.
The air force also struck four land crossings on the Lebanese-Syrian border in Lebanon’s northern Hermel region, with the IDF saying that the routes were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons.
צה”ל ממשיך לפעול נגד צירי ההברחות של חיזבאללה: הותקפו ארבעה מעברים בגבול סוריה-לבנון ששימשו להעברת אמצעי לחימה וחוסל סוחר ומבריח אמצעי לחימה מרכזי שהיה חלק מניסיונות ההברחה
צה”ל תקף לפני זמן קצר במרחב אלהרמל, ארבעה מעברים בגבול סוריה-לבנון המשמשים את חיזבאללה להעברת אמצעי לחימה.… pic.twitter.com/FbcfRQMww2
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) January 21, 2026
Additionally, a Hezbollah operative who, according to the IDF, was responsible for preventing the Lebanese army from dismantling a weapons cache in southern Lebanon last month, was killed in an Israeli airstrike earlier on Wednesday, the military said.
Abu Ali Salameh, who the IDF said served as a Hezbollah “liaison officer” in the village of Yanouh, in the Tyre area, was targeted while driving on a road near the coastal Lebanese city.
“As part of his role, the terrorist managed Hezbollah’s activities in the village of Yanouh, to enable Hezbollah to operate within the civilian area and in private properties in the village, and to embed terror infrastructure in the heart of the population through the deliberate and cynical exploitation of residents to advance Hezbollah’s terror objectives,” the military said.
According to the IDF, on December 13, Israel sent a request to the Lebanese army, via the US-led ceasefire oversight mechanism, to take action against a Hezbollah weapons depot in Yanouh.
“Salameh received the report from the Lebanese Armed Forces and passed it on to other Hezbollah elements. Upon the arrival of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah terrorists prevented them from dismantling the infrastructure by creating a gathering that enabled Hezbollah to move the weapons out of the property,” the military claimed.
At the time, the IDF had published an evacuation warning ahead of a planned strike on the site, before postponing it after the Lebanese army arrived in an attempt to dismantle it.
צה”ל חיסל מחבל שהיה אחראי על שיבוש אכיפת מחסן אמצעי לחימה של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה
מוקדם יותר היום, צה״ל תקף וחיסל את המחבל אבו עלי סלאמה, ששימש כקצין קישור של חיזבאללה בכפר יאנוח שבדרום לבנון.
במסגרת תפקידו, ניהל המחבל את הפעילות של חיזבאללה בכפר יאנוח, במטרה לאפשר לחיזבאללה… pic.twitter.com/GoDZhoy9wU
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) January 21, 2026
The IDF said that Salameh coordinated with the Lebanese army to document the site without weapons, “thereby claiming that the site was empty.”
“During the Lebanese Armed Forces’ operation, several suspicious boxes were removed from the compound through the rear door of the property,” the IDF said.
The army said Salameh’s actions constitute a violation of the ceasefire.
#عاجل – غا.رة من مسيرة تستهد.ف “رابيد” على طريق #برج_الشمالي قرب محطة شعيتلي pic.twitter.com/ixLMnGKWxv
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Separately, the IDF said that a strike it carried out earlier near Sidon killed a “key” Hezbollah weapons smuggler.
Mohammad Awatsheh was involved in managing weapon transfers to Hezbollah, “including through a front company that transported prohibited goods from various countries, including Iraq, Syria, and Gulf states,” the military said.
Additionally, the military said Awatsheh was the handler for “numerous smugglers responsible for transferring weapons from Iraq to Syria and Lebanon.”
An AFP correspondent saw a charred car on a main road in the town of Zahrani, in the Sidon district, with debris strewn across the area and emergency workers in attendance.
A Lebanese army statement on Wednesday decried the Israeli targeting of “civilian buildings and homes” in a “blatant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty” and the ceasefire deal.
It also said such attacks “hinder the army’s efforts” to complete the disarmament plan.
The US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah came after two months of open conflict in Lebanon, including an IDF ground operation in the country’s south in a bid to enable the safe return of some 60,000 residents of northern Israel displaced by the terror group’s near-daily attacks. The attacks began on October 8, 2023 — a day after fellow Iran-backed terror group Hamas invaded southern Israel, sparking the war in Gaza.
The ceasefire required both Israel and Hezbollah to vacate southern Lebanon, to be replaced by the Lebanese armed forces. Israel has withdrawn from all but five strategic posts along the border.
Since the ceasefire, the IDF said it has killed over 400 Hezbollah operatives and members of allied terror groups in strikes, hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites, and conducted over 1,200 raids and other small operations in southern Lebanon.
Weakened by the war and still facing regular Israeli strikes, Hezbollah is under internal and international pressure to hand over its weapons. The Lebanese army recently said it had completed its mission to disarm the terror group south of the Litani River, in the area closest to the Israeli border. Israel responded that the news was “encouraging” but insufficient.
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