Hezbollah fired more than 200 rockets at the Jewish state on Wednesday in a strike coordinated with Iran. At the same time, according to The Times of Israel, he threatened that he was ready for a long confrontation with Israel.
“We will do what we did in Gaza,” said a senior Israeli official, referring to the destruction of buildings and tunnels used by Hezbollah to store weapons and launch rockets. “The goal is to occupy the territory, push Hezbollah’s forces north and away from the borders, and eliminate its military positions and weapon depots in the villages,” he added.
The negotiations between the representatives of Israel and Lebanon, which Ha’aretz writes about, will most likely be a military action by the Jewish state.
Israeli Chief of the General Staff Ejal Zamir on Friday ordered a “large-scale reinforcement” of troops in the northern military district. The army, which has already deployed troops deeper into southern Lebanon, has also called on thousands of civilians in southern Lebanon to evacuate to safer areas.
They destroyed the bridge
According to the website, the United States supports Israel’s plan, but has asked Israel to spare Lebanon’s infrastructure and international airport. The Israeli military has promised to “skip” Beirut’s airport, but has not provided a general commitment to spare Lebanon’s infrastructure.
On Friday, it destroyed the bridge over Lítání between the towns of Zrarieh and Tajr Falsaj, which it justified by the fact that Hezbollah had a launch device near the bridge.
Lebanese health authorities said on Saturday that an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon killed 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses working at a medical center in the city of Burj Qalawiyah, and another attack on the city of Savannah killed two paramedics linked to Hezbollah and its ally Amal.
The army did not immediately comment on the incidents. But she accused Hezbollah of “extensive misuse” of ambulances and medical facilities in Lebanon “for military activities”.
Lebanon was drawn into the war in the Middle East last week when the Iranian-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel. It was a reaction to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during the US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic, which began on February 28.
