Spokeswoman Ella Waweya has said Israel’s military has launched “a large-scale operation” in the Shebaa Heights and the Wadi al-Salouqi area in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reports.

In a post on X, she said the operation was “aimed at destroying terrorist infrastructure and eliminating saboteurs, as part of enhancing operational control in southern Lebanon and removing the direct threat to the Finger of the Galilee and the Metula settlement”.

“The operation began several days ago, with large ground forces,” Waweya said, adding that troops are “executing an offensive activity to expand the forward defence line”.

The Israeli forces “have crossed the Litani River and expanded their attacks against Hezbollah north of the river, while operations in the meantime are expanding to additional areas,” she said.

Waweya said that Israeli forces are “operating in the vicinity of Nabatieh,” and are “prepared and ready to expand the attack as required”.