The IDF has released the first set of bodycam footage taken by soldiers during operations in Lebanon.
Since the beginning of the war with Iran, and subsequent Hezbollah rocket strikes on northern Israel, IDF troops have been pushing deeper into the southern regions to adopt what a military spokesman called an “enhanced forward defence posture”.
And Israel has also launched a series of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, regarded as a Hezbollah stronghold.
In the video, published by the army, soldiers can be seen engaging in firefights with Hezbollah fighters within residential areas.
Another clip shows the moment a large explosion, apparently caused by an airstrike, hits a forest clearing.
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The IDF released bodycam footage of troops operating in southern Lebanon.
Forces from the 91st “Galilee” Division carried out a nighttime raid, destroying Hezbollah Radwan Force infrastructure with artillery and airstrikes.
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Lebanon’s president, Joseph Aoun, has called for a fresh ceasefire with Israel following the strikes.
He also condemned Hezbollah’s attacks on the Jewish state, saying the group’s actions risked turning his country into “a second Gaza”.
Such a ceasefire was agreed in late 2024 after more than a year of IDF operations in Lebanon, prompted by Hezbollah’s attacks on northern towns beginning the day after Hamas’ October 7 massacres in the south.
Under the US-backed deal, the Lebanese Army was required to disarm Hezbollah and deploy to areas it formally controlled to prevent a resurgence of terror.
At the same time, Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon, having heavily degraded Hezbollah’s presence there, would withdraw to make way for their Lebanese counterparts.
However, the IDF never completed this withdrawal, claiming that the Lebanese Army was not deploying quickly or effectively enough and that pulling out would risk a power vacuum that could be filled by the terror group.
Meanwhile, Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has increased the pressure on Aoun’s government to deal with the threat posed by Hezbollah, suggesting that the IDF could occupy part of the country if it fails to do so.
Katz told reporters that, if the Lebanese state does not take sufficient action, "[Israel will] take the territory and do it ourselves".
The last Israeli occupation of parts of Lebanon came after a similar series of Hezbollah attacks in 1982, with the IDF maintaining its presence in the southern part of the country for 18 years before then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered a withdrawal in 2000.
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