Israeli troops engaged several Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon during ground operations in the early hours of Saturday, the IDF said.
The IDF said that the troops, combat soldiers from the Givati Brigade, which serves under Division 91, killed one terrorist in a firefight while directing the Israel Air Force to strike multiple other terrorists in the area who had opened fire on the troops.
Three additional terrorists were killed by tankfire, the IDF said, adding that the Israeli side suffered no casualties.
The IDF, in the same announcement, also noted that the air force, operating on intelligence from the military’s intelligence directorate, struck a number of Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut.
"The IDF will continue to operate decisively against the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which chose to join the war and operates with the backing of the Iranian regime,” the military said.
The IDF update comes after the military published figures on Friday, revealing the total number of terrorists killed and targets struck since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah renewed amid the ongoing Operation Roaring Lion.
IDF kills nearly 600 Hezbollah terrorists since renewed fighting
At the time, the IDF said that it had killed some 570 Hezbollah terrorists, including two senior operatives equivalent to major-generals, four equivalent to brigadier-generals, eight equivalent to colonels, and 22 battalion-level commanders.
Additionally, of the terrorists killed were at least 220 Radwan Force members and 150 surface-to-surface missile launcher operatives.
The military has also struck over 2,000 terror targets, including 120 Hezbollah command posts, 100 weapons storage facilities, and over 130 missile launchers, the IDF said.
James Genn and Sam Halpern contributed to this report.