Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
A violent wave of Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon, the heartland of Hezbollah, late on September 3, mainly targeting engineering equipment in what appears to be a part of systematic efforts to hinder reconstruction in the region.
Several other strikes hit southern Lebanon earlier in the day, killing at least four people. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that two of those killed were “operatives” of Hezbollah, and announced separately that its troops raided overnight several posts of Hezbollah in the region and blew them up before withdrawing.
The late night strikes targeted a large maintenance center for civilian engineering equipment located in the town of Ansariyeh.
In a statement released later, the IDF alleged that the tools were being used to help Hezbollah rebuild and advance “terror operations.” It added that a separate strike targeted a rocket launcher in the town of Jebbayn, which is also located in southern Lebanon.
To justify the strikes, the military said that the presence of the equipment and launcher violated understandings between Israel and Lebanon, referring to the ceasefire that was brokered by the United States last November.
The IDF continued to launch strikes against Lebanon after the ceasefire came into effect, and refused to withdraw troops from five strategic posts on the border.
Footage from the targeted maintenance center in Ansariyeh that emerged on September 4 morning shows mass destruction, with over a dozen bulldozers, diggers and forklifts completely burned out.
Speaking to reporters from the scene, Ansariya Mayor Abbas Faqih said that Israel was attempting to hinder reconstruction in war-torn southern Lebanon.
“Are they destroying so that we couldn’t rebuild? We shall then dig it out with our own hands!” he said.
While the strikes on the maintenance center in Ansariyeh are unprecedented, the IDF didn’t target many civilian engineering equipment in southern Lebanon in separate strikes since the start of the ceasefire.
The last confrontation between the IDF and Hezbollah, which broke out as a result of the war in the Gaza Strip, caused massive and systematic destruction in southern Lebanon, particularly in towns along the border. This was caused by Israeli air strikes, artillery, and a ground invasion that began in October 2024.
Satellite analysis and media reports revealed that thousands of buildings and civilian structures were heavily damaged or destroyed by Israeli strikes. Some border towns like Kfar Kila, Meiss al-Jabal, and Dhayra had over 70% of their buildings flattened.
Destruction was not also limited to the south. In December 2024, one assessment found that more than 5,000 buildings nationwide were significantly damaged.
The recent escalation by the IDF is clearly meant to pressure Hezbollah into accepting a U.S. proposal adopted by the Lebanese government last month that calls on the group to completely disarm. In exchange, Washington offered to facilitate the reconstruction of the south and promised that Israel would halt strikes and withdrew from its remaining posts there.
Citing complete lack of trust in both Israel and the U.S. among other ideological reasons, Hezbollah rejected the proposal and vowed to fight to the end to keep its arms.
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exodus 20:16
if the khazar jew putler had not betrayed syria, this horror would not have happened. https://www.syriahr.com/en/369278/
starting with s-400 deployment not allowed to shoot but with idf-hotline instead.
security vacuum | family of five killed and wounded in armed attack in hama city
on sep 4, 2025
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hama province: unidentified gunmen opened fire on a family of five near taher al-shaar school in hama city, killing two brothers and their relative and injuring a third brother and his wife.
the fatalities were called “hassan alloush,” “ haydar alloush” and “sabri allawi.”
according to sohr sources, the mother of the three
for “dealing with the former regime” | young man shot de*ad in western aleppo countryside
on sep 4, 2025
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aleppo province: a young man was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in al-sheikh ali village near al-atarb city in western aleppo countryside, for “dealing with the former regime forces”.
areas in western aleppo countryside have witnessed assassination operations targeting civilians and members of the former regime, in light of the ongoing security chaos
ht tps://en glish.almaya deen .n et/ne ws/poli tics/-gre ater-isr ael–sche me-do es-no t-st op-at-pal estine–sa yyed-a i would be happy if israel took damascus and sweida from syria.
isn’t it against international law for a sniper, a commander, and twenty ordinary sdf soldiers to be transferred to intensive care in a private clinic in tel aviv by dump’s army? the israel defense forces then mobilized them in front of horrified israeli patients (shortly after their arrival, when they had already left intensive care). will they start reviving the dead, like vlad dracula?