The Israeli army announced today that its warplanes and artillery struck 40 targets linked to Hezbollah fighters around Haita and Shab in southern Lebanon, as fighting continued to escalate on Israel’s northern border.

A while ago, fighter jets and Israeli army artillery hit about 40 Hezbollah terrorist targetsannounced the army. Weapons depots and other infrastructure were among the targets, he added.

Also, Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallad claimed that Israeli airstrikes have killed half of Hezbollah’s commanders in southern Lebanon since cross-border clashes, alongside the war in the Gaza Strip, began last October.

Israeli forces are conducting an “offensive operation” in southern Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad has announced, claiming that half of the commanders of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah group in the area have been “killed”.

It is not clear at this time whether the Israeli army has crossed into Lebanese territory.

Many forces have been deployed to the border and the IDF (the army) is currently conducting offensive action throughout southern LebanonGallant said in a video message.