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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that the IDF has eliminated half of Hezbollah’s brigade-level commanders in southern Lebanon. This comes after the IDF reported killing six brigade-level and over 30 battalion-level commanders recently. Hezbollah, with an estimated force of 50,000-100,000, has a similar command structure to Hamas, which has five brigade commanders for a force of 35,000-40,000. The IDF’s elimination of a significant number of senior commanders, along with dozens of junior commanders, indicates substantial progress in weakening Hezbollah’s leadership.

Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based terror organization, launched 35 rockets towards Israel on Monday. The IDF responded by striking the sources of the launches in the southern Lebanese area of Arzoun. The rockets crossed into northern Israel and triggered sirens in several cities, but no casualties were reported. Following the rocket fire, suspected hostile aircraft intrusion sirens sounded in other northern communities. This incident came in response to Israeli airstrikes earlier that day on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.