In response to a statement issued by Hezbollah at dawn on Sunday, April 5, 2026, in which it announced the implementation of a naval operation off the Lebanese shores, Israeli Army Radio denied targeting any Israeli warship.
Hezbollah had stated in a statement that it carried out a military operation at 00:05 on the same day, targeting “an Israeli military battleship 68 nautical miles off the Lebanese coast.” The statement indicated that the operation was carried out “with a naval cruise missile after monitoring the target for hours,” stressing that the hit was “direct.”
The statement began by saying: “Now at sea, the Israeli military warship that attacked our infrastructure, people’s homes and civilians, look at it burning.”
The party reported that the operation came “in defense of Lebanon and its people, and as part of a response to Israel’s persistence in bombing villages and cities, destroying infrastructure, and displacing civilians.”
On the other hand, Israeli Army Radio denied the validity of this story, and confirmed that no Israeli warship was targeted.
This difference in narratives comes in light of the escalation in the intensity of confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah, as the past few days have witnessed an intense exchange of air strikes and missile shelling along the southern front.
