The Israeli army announced that forces from the "Egoz" unit of the 36th Division spotted, on Saturday, a number of gunmen who it said belonged to Hezbollah and were equipped with RPG shells and operating in the Nabatieh area, near the area where Israeli forces are active in southern Lebanon. The army added, in a statement, that the Air Force carried out a raid, under the guidance of the forces deployed in the field, targeting the militants and the building in which they were holed up, noting that the operation was aimed at “removing the threat” from its forces. The statement indicated that Multi-Dimensional Unit forces also carried out another attack in the area, which resulted in the destruction of a Hezbollah launch pad, which it said posed a threat to Israeli forces. The Israeli army confirmed that it would continue its operations against what it described as threats, stressing that it "will not allow Hezbollah to harm the citizens of Israel or its forces."