Israel points out that recent attacks on the Lebanese border are trying to force Hezbollah to withdraw (Europa Press/Contact/Ayal Margolin/JINI)
The Israel Defense Forces (FDI) acknowledged this Friday that the recent operations were carried out on the border with Lebanon Their goal is to turn the Shiite party into a militia Hezbollah Turn around and move away from the Israeli border.
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“Over the last two days, we have carried out a series of wide-ranging strikes using warplanes, tanks and artillery against Hezbollah targets,” the IDF spokesman explained. Daniel Hagarireports The Times of Israel.
According to Hagari, thanks to these strikes, Israel managed to hit targets throughout the territory, including missile launch zones, military complexes and infrastructure used by the militants of the Hezbollah organization.
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“In addition, we attacked terrorist cells and killed terrorists on the ground and in buildings (…) We continued to carry out heavy attacks and damage the Hezbollah deployment near the northern border,” he said.
Thus, Hagari emphasized that the Israeli response to the threat from Hezbollah has resulted in the Lebanese militia “no longer looking the same” as it did in early October, when hostilities broke out in the region.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) launched an offensive against Israel on October 7, killing people 1,200 people and take others hostage 240. The IDF responded with a military campaign that has already claimed more than one human life 21,500 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah, for its part, has seized the opportunity to… pretext to support the Palestinian population, victims of constant Israeli attacks, to attack the northern territory of Israel, thereby opening a new front of hostilities.
Earlier, Fighter jets the IDF They attacked Hezbollah sites in the area of Hamoul, in the south of Lebanonin response to the attacks carried out at the border today.
The targets included missile launch sites, a military compound and other infrastructure used by the terror group.
The IDF said it also attacked an anti-tank missile squadron in the village of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon and a launcher used to fire rockets at Israel from the village of Yaroun.
In the last few hours they were shot Several rockets against northern Israel, three of them crossed the border. IDF responds with attacks on launch sites.
On the other hand, Israel's opposition leader and member of the emergency government said: Benny Gantzreiterated its warning against this on Wednesday Hezbollah and assured that If the situation on the northern border worsens, the army will not hesitate to intervene.
Tel Aviv is fending off dozens of rockets from Beirut every day and has called on Lebanon's executive branch to negotiate a diplomatic deal that would end hostilities to prevent a regional escalation of the conflict. However, Israel has not received a positive response so far, so it remains in place vigilant on this front and prepared for any scenario.
(With information from EP)