IDF troops raid Lebanon to dismantle Hezbollah terror networks

REAR ADM. DANIEL HAGARI
IDF SPOKESPERSON
“If the state of Lebanon and the world can’t push Hezbollah away from our border, we have no choice but to do it ourselves. I want to make it clear a war is with Hezbollah, not with the people of Lebanon.”

ISRAEL’S DEFENSE FORCE – LAYING OUT DETAILS OF ITS GROUND OPERATION IN LEBANON TUESDAY.

THE IDF LAUNCHED LIMITED GROUND RAIDS LATE MONDAY NIGHT, TARGETING HEZBOLLAH POSITIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER.

GROUND TROOPS, BACKED BY AIR AND ARTILLERY SUPPORT, ENTERED SEVERAL LEBANESE VILLAGES. OFFICIALS DETAILING THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PUSH HEZBOLLAH FORCES BACK AND REDUCE THEIR ABILITY TO LAUNCH ATTACKS ON ISRAEL’S NORTHERN COMMUNITIES.

REAR ADM. DANIEL HAGARI
IDF SPOKESPERSON
“Hezbollah also dug tunnels under homes in these villages close to the border with Israel. Tonight, we are declassifying a series of IDF operations conducted since the beginning of the war aimed at dismantling Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure and capabilities in the area of the Israel Lebanon border.”

THE OPERATION FOLLOWS APPROVAL BY ISRAEL’S SECURITY CABINET OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THE CONFLICT, FOCUSING ON DISMANTLING HEZBOLLAH INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THREATENS ISRAELI BORDER TOWNS.

REAR ADM. DANIEL HAGARI
IDF SPOKESPERSON
“Overall, IDF soldiers exposed and dismantled over 700 Hezbollah terror assets during this operations. And there’s a lot more work to do.”

REPORTS OF THE INCURSIONS SURFACED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARABIC OUTLETS EARLIER ON MONDAY, BUT THE IDF OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THE RAIDS TUESDAY MORNING.

REAR ADM. DANIEL HAGARI
IDF SPOKESPERSON
“During these operations, IDF special forces entered into Hezbollah compounds in dozens of locations along the border with Israel, collected intelligence, dismantled Hezbollah’s weapons and terrorist infrastructures. Our soldiers entered Hezbollah’s underground infrastructures, exposed Hezbollah’s hidden weapon caches, and seized and destroyed the weapons, including advanced Iranian made weapons.”

U.S. OFFICIALS WERE BRIEFED AHEAD OF THE OPERATION, WITH ISRAEL ASSURING THE RAIDS WOULD BE LIMITED IN SCOPE AND DURATION. WHILE U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL ESCALATION, HE REAFFIRMED U.S. SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO DISMANTLE HEZBOLLAH’S ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN RESPONSE, HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED ROCKETS INTO NORTHERN ISRAEL. AIR RAID SIRENS SOUNDED IN SEVERAL TOWNS, WITH SOME ROCKETS INTERCEPTED BY THE IDF AND OTHERS LANDING IN OPEN AREAS. ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES FOLLOWED, TARGETING HEZBOLLAH STRONGHOLDS IN SOUTHERN BEIRUT.

COUNTRIES LIKE GERMANY, BULGARIA, AND CANADA ARE EVACUATING DIPLOMATS AND CITIZENS FROM LEBANON AS CONCERNS OVER FURTHER ESCALATION GROW. CHARTER FLIGHTS FROM BEIRUT’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAVE BEEN ARRANGED.

MEANWHILE, ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES OVER THE PAST WEEKS HAVE WEAKENED HEZBOLLAH’S COMMUNICATIONS AND LEADERSHIP.

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