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Makomandoo wa IDF wameanza kulipua mahandaki yanayotumiwa na magaidi wa Hezbollah huko mpakani mwa Israel na Lebanon
Ni maandalizi ya uvamizi kamili unaotarajiwa muda wowote kuanzia sasa.
Taarifa kamili hapo chini kwa kimombo:
Israeli troops have entered Hezbollah tunnels dug near the border with Israel as part of small-scale forays into southern Lebanon, as it gears up for a threatened ground incursion, according to a report in a US newspaper Monday.
Reports in foreign press in recent days have indicated that Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been carrying out limited cross-border raids to collect information or damage Hezbollah’s capabilities to attack Israel.
According to the Monday report in The Wall Street Journal, the missions, described as “targeted,” have involved special forces entering a network of subterranean warrens Hezbollah is widely understood to have dug near the Blue Line separating Israel from Lebanon.
The report, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said the raids have taken place over the past months, as well as more recently, with troops “probing” and gathering intelligence, as activity ramps up ahead of a possible ground offensive.
Israel has stepped up fighting against Hezbollah in recent weeks as it seeks to push the group away from the border and halt nearly a year of rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel that have left a swath of Israeli towns scarred and uninhabited.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a wider troop incursion could occur as early as this week, significantly ramping up fighting, though some have interpreted increasingly bellicose comments from Israel on the possibility of a ground war as part of a campaign meant to pressure a weakened Hezbollah into withdrawing as part of a ceasefire.
Rescuers dig through rubble after an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Ain El Delb on September 30, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Sources cited by the newspaper were quoted as saying the timing could still change, with Israel under heavy pressure from the US to hold back.
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Since this month’s escalation, with Israeli airstrikes on the terror group this week killing more than 700 people in Lebanon, the US has repeatedly voiced opposition to any IDF ground invasion to target Hezbollah, calling instead for a diplomatic solution.
Speaking to troops from infantry and armored brigades in northern Israel on Monday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant strongly hinted that the army was preparing to launch a ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“The elimination of Nasrallah is a very important step, but it is not everything. We will use all the capabilities we have,” Gallant said. “You are part of this effort.”
Makomandoo wa IDF wameanza kulipua mahandaki yanayotumiwa na magaidi wa Hezbollah huko mpakani mwa Israel na Lebanon
Ni maandalizi ya uvamizi kamili unaotarajiwa muda wowote kuanzia sasa.
Taarifa kamili hapo chini kwa kimombo:
Israeli troops have entered Hezbollah tunnels dug near the border with Israel as part of small-scale forays into southern Lebanon, as it gears up for a threatened ground incursion, according to a report in a US newspaper Monday.
Reports in foreign press in recent days have indicated that Israel Defense Forces soldiers have been carrying out limited cross-border raids to collect information or damage Hezbollah’s capabilities to attack Israel.
According to the Monday report in The Wall Street Journal, the missions, described as “targeted,” have involved special forces entering a network of subterranean warrens Hezbollah is widely understood to have dug near the Blue Line separating Israel from Lebanon.
The report, which cited unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said the raids have taken place over the past months, as well as more recently, with troops “probing” and gathering intelligence, as activity ramps up ahead of a possible ground offensive.
Israel has stepped up fighting against Hezbollah in recent weeks as it seeks to push the group away from the border and halt nearly a year of rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel that have left a swath of Israeli towns scarred and uninhabited.
According to The Wall Street Journal, a wider troop incursion could occur as early as this week, significantly ramping up fighting, though some have interpreted increasingly bellicose comments from Israel on the possibility of a ground war as part of a campaign meant to pressure a weakened Hezbollah into withdrawing as part of a ceasefire.
Rescuers dig through rubble after an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Ain El Delb on September 30, 2024. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
Sources cited by the newspaper were quoted as saying the timing could still change, with Israel under heavy pressure from the US to hold back.
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Since this month’s escalation, with Israeli airstrikes on the terror group this week killing more than 700 people in Lebanon, the US has repeatedly voiced opposition to any IDF ground invasion to target Hezbollah, calling instead for a diplomatic solution.
Speaking to troops from infantry and armored brigades in northern Israel on Monday, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant strongly hinted that the army was preparing to launch a ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“The elimination of Nasrallah is a very important step, but it is not everything. We will use all the capabilities we have,” Gallant said. “You are part of this effort.”
