Israeli forces struck approximately 150 targets in southern Lebanon and killed dozens of Hezbollah terrorists, the IDF announced Friday, even as a new ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took force.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has remained mum on the details of the new truce, put out a statement on his personal social media accounts touting the operation, crediting the IDF’s actions to his own directive. “Just as I instructed,” Netanyahu wrote, referencing the strikes.

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Friday that Israeli troops retain “full freedom of action” to act against any threat in southern Lebanon, despite the ceasefire. He said troops continue to operate in the Beaufort Castle area and the Ali Taher ridge, working to demolish major Hezbollah tunnel systems that serve as what he described as the terror group’s “central command centers.”

“Hezbollah is fighting a defensive battle to prevent our forces from completing the destruction of these infrastructures,” Defrin said. He placed the blame for the renewed fighting squarely on the terror group. “Hezbollah is the one that violated the ceasefire. It is trying to defend the capabilities it built over the years,” he said.

Defrin emphasized that the IDF’s mandate in the area remains unrestricted. Troops “have full operational freedom of action, to remove threats in any area,” he said, adding, “There is no limit [concerning] removing threats.”

A Gulf diplomat, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed that the ceasefire was brokered by Qatar, the United States, and Iran.

According to the latest toll released by the Lebanese health ministry, Israeli airstrikes and bombardments killed at least 47 people and wounded 97 others in Lebanon on Friday. The dead included at least seven women and two children. The health ministry’s figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. The toll was released amid the new ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

The strikes and the resulting casualties come as Israel has maintained that it is not bound by the broader memorandum of understanding between the Trump administration and Iran, which, in addition to halting U.S.-Iran hostilities, calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel’s ambassador to the U.S. said Thursday that Jerusalem is instead committed to a separate ceasefire agreement with Beirut, brokered by Washington.