Threat of Hezbollah invasion on land remains

2024-08-12 14:25:26

On October 30, 2023, an Israeli army armored vehicle approached the Lebanese border (Fadel Sana/AFP)

Northern Command officials warn israeli occupying forcesToday, Monday, Hezbollah threatens a “ground invasion” of border settlements. lebanon It remains in place as Israel awaits a possible response from Iran and the party to the assassination of Hamas’s political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh hezbollah leader Fouad ShukrContrary to popular belief, Hezbollah’s Radwan forces can still conduct organized attacks across the border, including attempts to infiltrate settlements or military sites, they said.

Speaking to the Hebrew-language website Wallah, the officials added that Hezbollah has not yet done so because it “chooses not to do so, and anyone who believes that Hezbollah is not training to introduce a group of fighters into Israeli territory is wrong and misleading” of”. Stressing that “a realistic assumption for everyone is that Hezbollah has the ability to bring in troops, plant flags in settlements on the border or on Israeli army positions and burn down some buildings, which could put Hezbollah in a difficult situation,” the officer said. They pointed out that last month proved that Hezbollah continues to deploy observation forces and advance elements of Radwan Forces in the border area in order to prepare for the continued fighting with the Israeli army, adding that “this activity gives The army caused heavy losses.” Israeli forces killed more than 400 Hezbollah members in more than ten months of fighting.

Security officials estimated in an interview with Walla website that the Israeli occupying forces “caused significant damage to the infrastructure of Radwan’s forces near the border and enabled it to suddenly and massively infiltrate into Israel, but at the same time Hezbollah did not He has canceled plans to respond to the assassination of his chief of staff, but he is focusing on the Israeli side, seeking a strong military response on the one hand and not doing so on the other.

from then on July 2006 War, The so-called rules of engagement between Hezbollah and the Israeli occupation forces were established in the context of International Resolution 1701 issued by the United Nations Security Council on August 11 of the same year, which stipulates that any response will be met with a similar response. Although there have been several violations along Lebanon’s southern border since then, they have not yet reached the level of military escalation between the two parties today.

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