The IDF says it struck a primed Hezbollah rocket launcher in Qalaouiyah, southern Lebanon, overnight.
The IDF has released video of the strike and reiterated that the launcher was primed and posed an immediate threat.
The IDF statement provides additional context, explicitly stating the strike was to prevent a direct threat to northern communities and that the launcher was 'loaded and launch-ready'.
The IDF has released video of the airstrike on the loaded launcher.
The incoming message provides additional confirmation of the strike and quotes the IDF's justification that the launcher "posed an immediate threat" to Israeli soldiers.
The message provides the specific location of the strike as the Qalaouiye area in southern Lebanon, north of the Forward Defense Line.
