Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already warned that his attacks in Lebanon will not stop. The Jewish State is much more than prepared for imminent land incursion in the Arab country and this was dropped by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to troops stationed on Israel’s northern border. But, according to several media, Israeli troops they would have already made a land incursion in southern Lebanon, entering Hezbollah tunnels.
Israeli tanks are already ready at the border with Lebanon as the invasion seems closer and closer. The Israeli Minister of Defense himself warned his ground troops that “they are going to need it”. And to prepare everything, its soldiers are already carrying out small raids in Hezbollah tunnels in the south of the country. Meanwhile, aerial bombardments continue: This Monday, Israel attacked central Beirut for the first time since 2006.
“We will use all our capabilities. If anyone on the other side doesn’t understand what these capabilities mean, they all do, and you are part of this effort,” the minister told troops from two brigades stationed on Israel’s northern border. Last week, Gallant had already warned Israeli soldiers to prepare for when the order to enter Lebanon might come, and Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said. that airstrikes on the neighboring country serve to prepare the ground for a possible incursion.
“Our goal is to ensure the safe return of communities in northern Israel to their homes,” the minister said Monday, adding that the country would use “all means necessary: your forces, other forces, from the air, from the sea and by land. Good luck.” For his part, Hezbollah’s number two, Naim Qassem, assured in a speech that he was prepared for Israel’s incursion and that he would fight until victory.
small missions
The fear of a ground offensive against Lebanese territory, which would further aggravate regional tensions, is fueled these days by several reports published by the American press, which suggest that Israel troops would already be sent across the border to carry out small missions.
These missions, as published this Monday by the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, include sending troops into the tunnels that the Shiite group remains close to the border, in anticipation of a possible land incursion that could begin this week.
However, media reports clearly indicate that Washington lobbies to avoid large-scale operationand that Israeli authorities could choose to launch specific raids to degrade the group’s capabilities in the country. In fact, everything points to a total war in the region after the attacks against Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and the threats against Iran. Netanyahu himself on Monday encouraged Iranian citizens to turn their backs on their leaders, in a video message clearly tinged with psychological warfare. “Every day, the (Iranian) regime plunges our region deeper into darkness“, he stressed.
This Monday, the deputy secretary general of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, declared that the group “is ready for a ground confrontation with the enemy” and assured that Israel “has not been able” to destroy its military capabilities despite the massive bombing campaign launched. a week ago.
“The Resistance is prepared for the ground confrontation with the enemy (…) We are fully prepared and we will continue,” declared Hezbollah’s number two in a televised speech, the first by a leader of the organization since the assassination of its leader. , Hassan Nasrallah, during an Israeli attack last Friday.
