A senior Israeli official on Thursday lauded “the Lebanese Army’s efforts in collecting Hezbollah’s arms in south Lebanon,” noting that “the Lebanese government is serious about dismantling Hezbollah’s military capabilities in the South.

Israel’s military said Wednesday its troops entered southern Lebanon as part of targeted operations to dismantle infrastructure belonging to the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. “Following intelligence information and the identification of Hezbollah weapons and terrorist infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon,