Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon have “full freedom of action” to neutralize any threat, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said, as troops continue targeted operations against major Hezbollah tunnel systems despite a ceasefire agreement.

Defrin said soldiers are actively working in the Beaufort Castle area and along the Ali Taher ridge to demolish what he described as the terror group’s “central command centers.”

“Hezbollah is fighting a defensive battle to prevent our forces from completing the destruction of these infrastructures,” Defrin said. “Hezbollah is the one that violated the ceasefire. It is trying to defend its capabilities it built over the years.”