Israeli Defense Forces troops eliminated 10 Hezbollah terrorists across nine areas in southern Lebanon over the past several months, exposing a network that exploited civilian populations by embedding terror infrastructure, seizing private property, and facilitating weapons transfers, in violation of Israel-Lebanon understandings, according to an IDF post on X published during the reporting window from 11:17 AM to 1:15 PM UTC on January 23, 2026. The operatives served as Hezbollah's executive arm on the ground, deliberately operating from populated areas, the IDF stated in the post. This activity occurred amid ongoing efforts to monitor the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, including a reported U.S. push earlier today to convert the ceasefire monitoring committee into a civilian body with Israeli and Lebanese ministers, as detailed by al-Akhbar. No immediate response from Hezbollah or Lebanese authorities was available in sources reviewed during this nearly two-hour period. The IDF announcement follows a south Lebanon monitor's report of a raid near Dar Al Amal Hospital in central Baalbek with no injuries, noted in the previous reporting window.
