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The IDF Takeover of the Hizbullah Stronghold of Bint Jbeil in Southern Lebanon
(Ynet News) Elisha Ben Kimon - A combination of deception and surgical combat led to the IDF takeover of Bint Jbeil, a southern Lebanese Hizbullah stronghold. Lt.-Col. M. told Ynet: "The first action was a raid on terrorists who were in Randour Hospital in the town, which was a Hizbullah center of gravity. The second step was to isolate the northern area of Bint Jbeil, to make sure there would be no reinforcement or escape by terrorists. The third was to move on to another very significant center of gravity, in the village of Ainata, where we encountered many terrorists." Maj. M., a company commander, said, "The main mission in the places we went to was to destroy terror infrastructure and significantly neutralize those areas - to turn the villages Hizbullah used into places they cannot return to," essentially flattening the area. "Hizbullah turned the villages into forward posts and, under the cover of the civilians there, established command centers, weapons depots, and staging areas for an invasion of northern [Israeli] communities." As part of the tightening siege around Bint Jbeil, IDF fighters identified a critical supply route, a path used by the terrorists to move operatives, explosives, missiles and motorcycles in order to reinforce and strengthen the fighting inside the town. Maj. M. recalled, "We studied the area with drones and identified movement along the route. We set up a sniper ambush inside a house overlooking the path....Inside sat a five-man sniper team of ours, locked onto the route from a distance of 650 meters."