BINT JBEIL (VINnews)-Israeli troops captured a member of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil on Tuesday and killed another operative in the same area, the military announced Wednesday.

The Israel Defense Forces said soldiers from the 679th “Yiftah” Armored Brigade captured the Radwan operative during scans of the area, where a Hezbollah gunman last week seriously wounded a reservist from the unit. A second operative was shot dead in the operation.

Separately, troops killed a Hezbollah operative in Bint Jbeil who had opened fire from a building and killed a dog from the Oketz canine unit, the IDF said. No soldiers were injured in either incident.

During Tuesday’s scans, the Hezbollah operative fired on the forces from a building, killing the military working dog, according to the military. The dog’s handler, a female combat soldier operating with the reservists, returned fire. Additional troops from the reserve brigade then surrounded the gunman and called on him to surrender. When he reached for his weapon, soldiers shot him dead, the IDF said.

The military initially reported that the Oketz handler had killed the gunman but later revised the account after members of the reserve unit said they fired the fatal shots.

The captured Radwan operative was taken to Israel for questioning by the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504, which specializes in human intelligence, the IDF added.

The operations come amid ongoing Israeli efforts to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure and neutralize threats in southern Lebanon following months of cross-border fighting.