The Israeli military says it has begun a “limited, localized” ground operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
In posts shared on social media, the Israeli military said it is conducting targeted ground raids in villages near the Israeli border. The targets, it said, pose “an immediate and real threat to Israeli communities on the northern border.”
It announced that the operation has been planned for the past few months and was launched after the approval of political leaders. The troop movement comes in the wake of days of Israeli airstrikes as killed Hezbollah leader and a number of the group’s commanders in Beirut.
“The ground forces are accompanied in an attack effort by the air force and artillery forces,” the statement said, “which are attacking military targets in the area in a coordinated effort with the soldiers of the ground forces.”
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