JERUSALEM (VINnews) – Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon on Monday eliminated terrorists who violated ceasefire understandings by approaching IDF forces within the Forward Defense Area, the military said.

In two separate incidents, IDF soldiers identified the terrorists in the Bint Jbeil and Litani areas. The terrorists had entered the zone south of the Forward Defense Line and moved toward the troops, posing an imminent threat, according to the IDF.

Israeli aircraft, directed by ground forces, struck and killed the terrorists in both cases.

“The IDF will continue to act to remove any threat to Israeli civilians and its soldiers,” the military said in a statement.

IDF forces continue limited operations south of the Forward Defense Line in accordance with the ceasefire understandings in order to prevent threats to Israel’s northern communities.