{"id":232639,"date":"2026-08-02T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/232639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:34:08","slug":"idf-401st-brigade-destroys-1200-hezbollah-sites-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/232639\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF 401st Brigade destroys 1,200 Hezbollah sites in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soldiers from the 401st Brigade<\/a> completed their mission in southern Lebanon, destroying a total of 1,200 Hezbollah structures throughout the eight-month operation, the IDF announced on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The mission focused on defensive operations along the Lebanon border and offensive work within the security zone. Specifically, the troops seized weapons, destroyed hundreds of meters of underground tunnel systems, and dismantled terrorist infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The 401st Brigade Combat Team, also known as the \u201cIron Tracks\u201d Brigade, killed more than 60 Hezbollah<\/a> terrorists and located over 600 weapons, including RPG rockets, anti-tank missiles, machine guns, and Kalashnikov rifles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission was clear: to prevent and push back the threat to Israeli civilians. This was the objective we repeated to ourselves every morning and every evening,\u201d said Col. Yoav Schneider, Commander of the 401st Brigade.<\/p>\n

Though the mission was an overall success, it didn\u2019t come without a cost. Four soldiers<\/a> in the 52nd battalion fell after Hezbollah struck a tank in southern Lebanon on June 21, identified as Lt.-Col. Dor Gedalia Ben-Simhon, 32, St.- Sgt. Yoav Klein, 21, St.-Sgt. Liav Kababia, 20, and St.-Sgt. Nave Habshoosh, 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will always remember the brigade\u2019s fallen, and they will remain in our hearts forever. With the loss of every fallen troop, we grieve and bow our heads. At the same time, we immediately regroup and remain focused on completing the mission to ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain,\u201d Schneider said.<\/p>\n

The IDF said its activity in the region focused on protecting Israeli troops and civilians after the Lebanese terror group<\/a> renewed rocket and drone attacks in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soldiers from the 401st Brigade completed their mission in southern Lebanon, destroying a total of 1,200 Hezbollah structures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[2382,100,423,5598,5650,93,179,2169,712,1761,443,2678],"class_list":["post-232639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-defense-industry","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-israel-and-lebanon","tag-israel-lebanon-war","tag-lebanon","tag-military","tag-missile-attacks","tag-missiles","tag-rockets","tag-security","tag-tanks"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117025941958060172","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}