Israel stepped up preparations for a ground invasion, having struck Hezbollah weapons warehouses in Southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
There are also cinematic angles focused on the preparation of the 98th Division of the IDF for “small, localized, and purposeful ground strikes”.
IDF in a post on X said “After missions in Gaza, where the soldiers of the 98th division collected abilities and battlefield experience their forces advanced north, and are now carrying out limited localized targeted operation which started last night. Every objective of the war is alive and so is the focus of unbundling Hamas, bringing our hostages back, and extinguishing the fire in the North of Israel.”
Elsewhere, the IDF made clear that overnight strikes in the Dahiyeh area of Beirut had hit As moves asides here i do think that Hezbollah builds its weapons and military facilities underneath Beirut’s centre, amid the population dense areas. The NDIF is very clear its tasks and responsibilities of bringing normalcy in the homeland would not be compromised.
There have been endeavors made in the South by the fighters of the 98th Division that includes the elements of the Paratroopers, Commando, and the 7th Brigades, for the last few weeks, during the operations which commenced on Monday night. ‘After several months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, which provided additional operational skills and experience to the division’s soldiers, they upgraded and moved north where they are currently actively being engaged in the northern arena’: so says the IDF.
In an X post earlier today, IDF stated, “The IDF carries out its actions in accordance with the organized schedule approved by the General Staff and the Northern Command, for which IDF soldiers trained and prepared over the last several months. Military units in the region are being supported by strikes from the Israeli Air Force and IDF Artillery against specific targets. The political echelon has authorized such operations as a part of forward offensive ‘Northern Arrows,’ which will proceed based on the circumstances and alongside the ongoing efforts in Gaza and other fronts.”
In these activities aimed at pushing back Hezbollah forces’ back from the Israeli frontier and dismantling their weapon stocks and supporting infrastructure, Israeli Defence forces also carried an incursion into southern Lebanon on Monday. The officials said that, according to online intelligence, the action would be of short duration; it could last ‘not weeks, but days.’
Israel has advised the US that the operations to extend into southern Lebanon are aimed at removing Hezbollah forces away from the border and dismantling significant military targets. The incursion lasts days, a few days in the presence of reinforcement emphasizes the encroachment, the officials confidentially disclosed.
