The IDF claims about 100 Hezbollah terrorists were killed in ground and air strikes during the last day.
Hezbollah terrorists' actions against our forces are mainly characterized by the firing of anti-tank missiles, mortars and the use of explosives.
The IDF recognizes signs of erosion in Hezbollah's strength in the field due to the many assassinations of the organization's commanders, including the commanders at the field level.
Senior security officials say that the focus of the maneuver is on the areas that threaten Israeli settlements adjacent to the fence - and the logic by which the IDF operates is that every village in southern Lebanon that is cleansed, cleansed of terrorist infrastructure and terrorists - will allow the residents of the settlements adjacent to it in the north to return to their homes.