“Listen to the planes over our heads, we have been attacking all day. This is both to prepare the ground for a possible entry (into Lebanon) and to continue weakening Hezbollah,” the military officer said during a visit to the northern border, according to the Ynet news portal.
We are preparing the process of a maneuver, which means that our boots will enter enemy territory, said Halevi, who until recently was cautious in defending a military operation against the Lebanese group, but then changed to support the militaristic strategy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The head of the Northern Command, Uri Gordin, also supported the invasion by calling for “being well prepared to enter into maneuvers and actions” on land.
In this context, the Army announced on Wednesday the reactivation of two reserve brigades to send them to the northern zone.
In recent days, the command of the Armed Forces moved the 98th Division, one of its main elite units, and the seventh armored brigade to that region.
Last week, in an address to the country, the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, warned Israel about the consequences of such an action.
We are waiting for you, he said, referring to a possible ground operation and the historical ability of the Party of God to engage in a guerrilla war against Israel.
“The fool (Gordin) speaks of a security zone within Lebanese territory, we are waiting for you to enter Lebanese territory. “We are waiting for your tanks and we will see this as a historic opportunity,” Nasrallah said.
Hundreds of Lebanese have been killed and thousands injured in recent days as a result of Israeli attacks using electronic devices and then air strikes.
Nearly 100,000 people have fled the southern region of the Arab nation to escape the bombs.
After more than a decade of fighting, the Shiite group expelled Israeli troops from southern Lebanon 24 years ago, and then clashed again in 2006, when the army crossed the border again.
Netanyahu is under intense global pressure to stop his aggression against the Gaza Strip, which in more than 11 months has caused the death of more than 41,000 people and wounded 95,000.
Nasrallah has repeatedly said his militia will continue military actions against Israel until the right-wing politician stops the war against Gaza.
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