Although attention returned to the Gaza Strip as the central scene of confrontations, Israeli operations in southern Lebanon are still ongoing, at a time when Hezbollah is escalating to give up its weapon. About eight months after the start of the ceasefire on the northern front, the Israeli army announced today (Wednesday) for the first time in some time ago the implementation of land operations inside Lebanese territory, describing it as “private and focused.”
Targeting warehouses and shooting sites
In his statement, the army explained that the forces of the 91st division, which returned to be the only party responsible for the entire Lebanese border, carried out a series of operations targeting Hezbollah and its infrastructure. The operations included a ground location and arms depots belonging to the organization in mountainous areas. The army emphasized that these moves are based on intelligence information about Hezbollah’s attempt to restore it in southern Lebanon.
Destruction of infrastructure and weapons stores
Among the most prominent operations that were carried out is an operation in the Jabal Balat area opposite an agricultural town, where the forces discovered a weapons depot and gunfire of Hezbollah, and were destroyed by the reserve forces. It was also carried out by a night operation north of Shlumi, during which launching platforms and heavy explosives were seized, in addition to an underground infrastructure used to store weapons, and they were destroyed by an engineering operation.
Shopping of brittle shooting
In light of the tense ceasefire, the Israeli army confirmed that it continues to “remove threats from the State of Israel” and prevent any new positions of Hezbollah, in the context of the understandings concluded with Lebanon. For its part, Lebanese media denied the existence of a wide wild operation, noting that the Israeli moves were limited to hundreds of meters inside Lebanese territory, and included in advance discovered sites.
