Jerusalem, April 13 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that in its operations against the Hezbollah militants, it has killed over 250 of its operatives following a wave of major strikes against it all across Lebanon, eliminating several top commanders in the process.

"Following continuous intelligence monitoring by the Military Intelligence Directorate" since the wide-scale airstrikes on April 8, the IDF wrote that now it can confirm the total number of operatives "eliminated in the strike in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley, and southern Lebanon has surpassed 250."The IDF added that it is continuing to verify additional deaths, meaning that the actual death toll is likely to exceed this number.

As per Lebanon's Health Ministr...