{"id":189523,"date":"2026-07-03T20:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/189523\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:40:13","slug":"idf-shells-hezbollah-sites-after-soldier-hurt-in-clash-with-gunman-in-south-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/189523\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF shells Hezbollah sites after soldier hurt in clash with gunman in south Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

An IDF soldier was severely wounded in a clash with a Hezbollah gunman in southern Lebanon on Thursday, and Israel responded by striking a number of the terror group\u2019s targets, a week after Beirut and Jerusalem signed a new framework<\/a> agreement aimed at ending the conflict.<\/p>\n

Lebanon\u2019s leader defended the deal on Friday from criticism, saying it was only an initial framework aimed at reaching a final agreement, and as tensions receded, more than half a million Lebanese residents have returned home to areas they evacuated amid escalated fighting earlier this year, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

The IDF announced Friday morning that the reservist soldier was severely wounded in southern Lebanon\u2019s Bint Jbeil on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to a hospital, and his family was notified, the Israel Defense Forces added.<\/p>\n

According to an IDF probe of the incident, at around 6 p.m. during operations of the 679th \u201cYiftah\u201d Armored Brigade in Bint Jbeil, troops encountered a Hezbollah gunman who opened fire on them, seriously injuring the soldier.<\/p>\n

Immediately after, troops fired tank shells and struck the building from which the gunman had shot, and the Israeli Air Force struck other targets in the area.<\/p>\n

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IDF troops were continuing to scan the area for the gunman as of Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The military said the Israeli Air Force struck some 10 additional Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon in response to the attack, along with \u201canother violation\u201d of the ceasefire, and separately hit a cell of operatives identified near Israel\u2019s buffer zone.<\/p>\n

The Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Bint Jbeil, Beit Yahoun, Kounine and Baraashit had been used by the terror group to advance attacks on troops in southern Lebanon, the military said.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident overnight, troops identified a cell of Hezbollah operatives transporting weapons using a truck near the IDF\u2019s security zone, according to the military. A short while later, the Air Force struck the truck \u201cto remove the threat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the war in March by attacking Israel in support of Iran, resulting in the destruction of large parts of southern Lebanon and the disruption of the lives of those living in northern Israel. US-sponsored efforts to halt fighting between the two sides have reduced hostilities, but have yet to achieve peace or bring the war to a definite end.<\/p>\n

Last week, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement committing Lebanon to restoring sovereignty over its territory through the \u201cverified disarmament of non-state armed groups,\u201d which would in turn enable a progressive Israeli withdrawal. The state of Lebanon, along with Israel and the US, signed the agreement, but Hezbollah and its allies are opposed to it.<\/p>\n

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun insisted Friday that the framework agreement reached in Washington last week \u201cdoes not legitimize the continuation of the Israeli occupation in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aoun said the absence of a timetable was because it was a \u201cframework formula\u201d rather than a final agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur shared objective is one: to secure Israel\u2019s withdrawal,\u201d he said, according to a statement from the presidency.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a Thursday report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said more than 640,000 displaced people in Lebanon have returned home, in southern Lebanon and Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs \u2014 a Hezbollah stronghold.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tRelatives of missing victims gather at the site of destroyed buildings that were hit in an Israeli airstrike in Qannarit village, Lebanon, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo\/Mohammed Zaatari)<\/p>\n

The IOM said \u201c646,107 IDPs (internally displaced persons) have begun returning to their communities,\u201d while about 500,000 other people remain displaced, based on data collected in coordination with local authorities since June 22.<\/p>\n

Lebanese authorities say they have worked to remove informal tent encampments in and around Beirut and reduce the number of official shelters.<\/p>\n

But it remains impossible to return to dozens of towns and villages near the southern border, many of which have suffered massive destruction, and where Israel maintains a buffer zone.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to the security zone \u2014 which runs up to 10 kilometers (six miles) deep \u2014 in south Lebanon on Tuesday, reaffirmed that forces<\/a> would remain there so long as Hezbollah remained a threat.<\/p>\n


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