Bint Jbeil is a city in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border. Known as a historic Hezbollah stronghold and symbolic center of resistance, it was a major battleground during the 2006 Lebanon War. Recently, the city has been the site of intense IDF ground operations, large-scale destruction, and fierce clashes with Hezbollah forces. Last updated 2 days ago
Israeli military source to Al Arabiya: The battle with Hezbollah isn't over. Fierce fighting took place in and around Bint Jbeil. The group has taken heavy losses but remains intact as an organization.
Areas around the town of Sribbin in southern Lebanon's Bint Jbeil district came under Israeli artillery fire, according to Al Mayadeen, a Hezbollah-affiliated outlet.
The Lebanese army says 5 of its soldiers were lightly wounded in an Israeli strike on the town of Kafra, in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon.
Israeli sources say they are unaware of any strikes in that area.
Yesterday, IDF forces from the Yiftah Reserve Brigade (679), operating under the 91st Division in the Bint Jbeil sector, carried out searches of a building where a clash had taken place last Thursday in the security zone, in which a reservist was seriously wounded.
During the searches, a Hezbollah operative who was active inside the building opened fire toward the troops. The forces immediately returned fire and eliminated him. There were no casualties among Israeli forces.
The U.S. is pushing to deploy the Lebanese army in Farun, Janduria and the western and eastern Zawtar areas near Bint Jbeil, possibly before July 11, a Lebanese government source told al-Sharq al-Awsat.
The source said the deployment could expand to more areas in southern Lebanon, and that the report was meant to signal Iran, Hezbollah and Amal that the separation of the Iranian and Lebanese tracks is moving toward implementation.
A reservist was seriously wounded in a clash with a Hezbollah gunman in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.
The shooter opened fire on troops around 6 p.m. Tank shelling hit the building he fired from, and the IAF struck additional targets. Forces are still scanning for the gunman, the IDF says.
IDF forces have completed operations in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon. The city, once considered one of Hezbollah's most symbolic strongholds and referred to as Nasrallah's "capital of the resistance," has been captured.
IDF photos of weapons seized from Hezbollah in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon show a U.S. passport and what appear to be passport photo booklets among the confiscated arms.
IDF releases footage of a firefight between Israeli paratroopers and a Hezbollah operative in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.
The military says troops of the 98th Division killed around 200 Hezbollah operatives in the town in recent weeks and destroyed 900 terror infrastructures, including a booby-trapped stadium.
Yesterday, IDF footage showed Israeli paratroopers engaging six Hezbollah gunmen in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon. Two were killed in the firefight and four more in a follow-up airstrike on the building.
A wounded Hezbollah operative hiding in Bint Jbeil surrendered to IDF forces in southern Lebanon. Now being interrogated by Military Intelligence Unit 504. - IDF
Lebanese journalist Batoul Abdallah toured Hezbollah stronghold area of Beirut's Dahiyeh district and showed a tower with damaged foundations at risk of imminent collapse. - Bint Jbeil channel
IDF says its forces eliminated terrorists in three separate incidents in southern Lebanon today. All had violated the ceasefire and approached troops near Bint Jbeil and the Litani River. Airstrikes were called in shortly after detection.
