Netanyahu orders strikes on Hezbollah after Israel alleges truce violations

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25 Apr, 2026 07:52 PMQuick Read

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Israeli soldiers patrol along the border with southern Lebanon, in the Upper Galilee of northern Israel, on Saturday. Photo / AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered the military to strike Lebanon’s Hezbollah hard after what the army said was a string of ceasefire violations.

According to a brief statement from his office, Netanyahu “ordered the IDF to forcefully attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon”, after the military said the
Iran-backed group had violated a ceasefire that was extended earlier this week.

Several hours earlier, in several separate statements, the military said it had “eliminated more than 15 terrorists in southern Lebanon”, including three who were driving a vehicle “loaded with weapons”.

It also accused the militants of “launching explosive drones toward IDF soldiers” in the Qantara area that “detonated” near the troops but caused no injuries.

Troops had also found “an anti-tank missile cache in a Hezbollah weapons storage facility” and an underground shaft containing Kalashnikov rifles, it said.