The IDF airs new footage showing troops of the Air Force’s elite Shaldag unit operating on the banks of the Litani River in the eastern sector of southern Lebanon, where rockets and Hezbollah bunkers were found.

Israeli soldiers reached the Litani river in Lebanon on Tuesday, in a strategic victory hours before a vote by Israel’s security cabinet widely expected to agree a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

IDF troops carried out operations in the area of the Litani River in Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday.Fol

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Forces from IDF Division 91 operating in the Saluki area and near the Litani River: Dozens of weapons and enemy infrastructure found, destroyed, in Lebanon's mountainous and forested territory.

In addition to the 91st Division's operations in the area, the Commando Brigade uncovered "hundreds of weapons, underground terrorist infrastructure, and dozens of ready-to-fire rocket launchers"

Israeli ground troops have reached the symbolic Litani River during their advance in southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday. The Israeli army published a picture on the social media platform X that apparently showed soldiers crossing a bridge over the river.