Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to attack Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after repeated attacks on Israel's North on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier, two projectiles were launched into Israeli territory by the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, triggering sirens in the areas of Manara, Margaliot, and Misgav Am in northern Israel, the IDF announced on Saturday.
One of the projectiles was successfully intercepted by the IDF, and the other fell in an open area. No injuries were reported.
The IDF emphasized that the incident "constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire understandings by the Hezbollah terrorist organization."
A short while later, Hezbollah launched explosive drones towards Israeli troops operating south of the IDF's Forward Defense Line. The drones detonated adjacent to the soldiers, and no injuries were reported.
This is the second time Hezbollah has violated the ceasefire, which began on April 16 and was originally supposed to last for 10 days before being extended for an additional three weeks.
On Tuesday, Hezbollah terrorists fired a rocket at Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon, constituting the first ceasefire violation, according to Israeli media reports.
The IDF confirmed the Tuesday attack against its troops, stating that it had located and struck the Hezbollah rocket launcher used in the incident.
IDF's Saturday operations against Hezbollah terrorists
Prior to the ceasefire-violating projectile launches, the IDF successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target identified in the vicinity of Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon before it could cross into Israeli territory.
In its continued operations against Hezbollah, the IDF also killed several terrorists over the course of the weekend so far, the military announced on Saturday.
Three Hezbollah terrorists driving a motorcycle loaded with weapons were struck, in addition to another terrorist identified riding a motorcycle identified behind the IDF’s Forward Defense Line.
Soldiers from the Golani Brigade and the Multidimensional Unit identified and guided an air strike against two more armed Hezbollah terrorists in the Litani River area.
All of the terrorists targeted on Saturday posed threats to Israeli troops and were killed in order to ensure the safety of IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.
IDF uncovers Hezbollah weapons caches, targets terror infrastructure
The IDF carried out multiple further operations in southern Lebanon on Saturday, uncovering weapons caches and destroying Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Reserve soldiers in the Paratroopers Brigade discovered a stash of anti-tank missiles, intended for use against Israeli soldiers and civilians, in a Hezbollah weapons storage facility.
In a separate operation, troops located an underground shaft containing Kalashnikov rifles.
In the Bint Jbeil area, the IDF identified and dismantled structures used by Hezbollah for terrorist activities.
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.