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The IDF has launched a defensive operation against the Hezbollah terror organisation by conducting precise intelligence-based strikes on hundreds of Hezbollah targets. Our goal is to thwart imminent attacks planned by Hezbollah who intended to use the very weapons that we destroyed - at Israeli homes,
said the Israeli military Our goal is to make sure that Israeli families can safely and securely return to their homes,
Hezbollah doesn't want you to watch this video. And they really don't want you to share it,
We must continue to attack Hezbollah,
This substantial investment will significantly strengthen critical systems like Iron Dome and David's Sling while supporting the continued development of an advanced high-powered laser defense system, currently in its later stages of development,
This is the most formidable enemy Israel has ever faced on the battlefield, not because of numbers and tech but in terms of resilience.
Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London, said They are far less accessible than in Gaza and even less easy to destroy,
We're far away from a negotiated settlement in Gaza, and I don't see the Netanyahu government making any concessions.
But Krieg expressed scepticism, telling MailOnline It is extremely capable - and I would say more effective than Israel - when it comes to ground war, underground offensive, and we've seen this historically, particularly in 2006.
Amal Saad, a Lebanese researcher on Hezbollah who is based at Cardiff University, said of the group If Iran and Hezbollah concede to such a cease-fire, it would be a strategic setback, because it would undermine the credibility of Iran's 'Axis of Resistance,'
Israel has contained Hezbollah within a certain level of behavior. If Hezbollah goes beyond that, they know they will get the all-out war with Israel that they don't want,
There has been significant disruption to those command systems, but the disruptions are temporary, and Hezbollah will try to fix them speedily with a potential Israeli ground offensive looming,
They don't want to use up all of Hezbollah's cards early in this conflict,
Israel has prepared the battlefield with a series of stunning tactical masterstrokes that have diminished Hezbollah's capacity to fight a prolonged, coordinated, full-fledged war,
The Lebanese people are going to be very angry at Hezbollah for dragging the country into a war when that is not what they want or need right now,
The responsibility for all consequences will be borne by those who have thwarted all global efforts to end this horrific catastrophe,
Iran wants Hezbollah to keep the powder dry on its precision-guided and long-range missiles, which Tehran sees as the best deterrent against Israel or anyone else attacking the Iranian nuclear program that has ratcheted up for the past year,
We are preparing the process of a manoeuvre, which means your military boots, your manoeuvring boots, will enter enemy territory, enter villages that Hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts,
An all-out war is possible, but I think there’s also the opportunity – we’re still in play to have a settlement that can fundamentally change the whole region,
Biden said in an appearance on the ABC programme The View, broadcast on Wednesday I can’t go into detail about everything we do. But I can tell you one thing: We are determined to return our residents in the north safely to their homes,