The Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halvi, has told his forces to be ready for a possible incursion into Lebanon.
According to the Washington Post, he added that “get inside Hezbollah’s infrastructure, destroy the enemy there and destroy them decisively.”
According to AFP, Israel has called up two reservist brigades.
Lt. Gen. Harzi Halvi said to the tank brigade, “We have been attacking all day, these attacks are to prepare the field for you to enter there, and to hit Hezbollah continuously.”
Earlier, the Israeli army confirmed on Wednesday that the Lebanese group Hezbollah A missile fired by Israel has reached the Tel Aviv area for the first time in history, before being intercepted by Israel’s air defense system.
An Israeli army spokesman told French news agency AFP: ‘This is the first time that a Hezbollah missile has reached the Tel Aviv area, which was intercepted by the IDF (Israeli army).’
In a separate briefing, military spokesman Nadaf Shoshani said the firing of a surface-to-surface missile at Tel Aviv was an “escalation of tensions” by Hezbollah.
According to Lt. Col. Shoshani, “Hezbollah is definitely trying to make the situation worse, this is just a part of it.”
The Israeli army said that it Lebanon A missile launcher has been targeted from Nafakhia area.
Mossad Base Targeted: Hezbollah
According to the British news agency Reuters, Hezbollah said on Wednesday that it had hit the headquarters of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad in Tel Aviv with a rocket.
Hezbollah blames Israel for the killing of one of its leaders and the destruction of communications equipment used by its operatives, which has escalated tensions between the two sides to the brink of war.
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Warning sirens went off in Tel Aviv, Israel’s economic capital, as a surface-to-surface missile was spotted crossing Lebanon and intercepted by air defense systems, the Israeli military said.
Warning sirens were also sounded in other areas of central Israel, including the city of Netanya.
The Israeli military said a drone entering Israeli territory from Syria was intercepted by warplanes south of the Sea of Tiberias.
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon has fired hundreds of missiles and rockets at Israel in recent days as the months-long conflict on the border with southern Lebanon escalated.
According to Reuters, Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Qubaisi, who was once the head of Hezbollah’s missile and rocket forces, was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut on Tuesday.
Lebanon on the brink of war
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, 569 people, including 50 children, have been killed and 1,835 injured in Israeli operations since Monday morning.
A new offensive against Hezbollah has fueled fears that the conflict between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza is widening and could destabilize the Middle East.
The UN Security Council says it will hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the dispute.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that ‘Lebanon is on the brink of collapse. The people of Lebanon, the people of Israel and the people of the world cannot afford for Lebanon to become another Gaza.’
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib has said that according to an estimate, 500,000 people have been displaced in Lebanon.
He said that the Prime Minister of Lebanon hopes to meet the American officials in the next two days.
In Beirut, thousands of displaced people from southern Lebanon have taken shelter in schools and other buildings.
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