IDF strikes largest Hezbollah precision missile site as terror group refuses to disarm

In November 2024, the IDF struck the same facility and launched a renewed operation on news that Hezbollah was preparing to disarm.

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

As Hezbollah denies calls to disarm, the IDF announces it has struck the terrorist group’s largest precision missile factory in Lebanon.

Israel’s military also struck sites in southern Lebanon close to the border with Israel, along with the Bekaa Valley, about 100 kilometers further north.

In November 2024, the IDF struck the same facility and launched a renewed operation on news that Hezbollah was preparing to disarm.

Precision missiles are more dangerous than regular missiles because they are more likely to evade defense systems and do damage to civilian areas.

Following the strike, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, “Any attempt by the terror organization to recover and to replenish itself, or to threaten [Israel], will be answered with uncompromising power.”

Despite the cease-fire that came into effect late last year, the defense minister defended Israel’s right to strike against potential threats to safeguard the country’s security.

“We will not allow Hezbollah to threaten residents of the north or the citizens of Israel as a whole,” Katz declared.

Katz said he held the Lebanese government responsible for not being able or willing to restrain Hezbollah and abide by the rules of the cease-fire.

The news of Hezbollah rebuilding comes as the Trump administration is pressuring the terror group to disarm.

Hezbollah’s deputy leader, Naim Qassem, said on Wednesday that any demands for the group to disarm are intended to benefit Israel.

He said, “Anyone calling today for the surrender of weapons, whether internally or externally, on the Arab or the international stage, is serving the Israeli project.”

Qassem accused U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack of “intimidation and threats” with the aim of “aiding Israel.”

Qassem said he had formed an investigative committee to examine numerous breaches, including the booby-trapped communication devices, as well as how Jerusalem was able to locate and assassinate Nasrallah and top Hezbollah terrorist Hashem Safieddine.