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We will continue to hit Hezbollah ... the one who has a missile in his living room and a rocket in his home will not have a home,
Netanyahu said in a statement last month The elimination of Nasrallah is an important step, but it is not the final one,
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant warned on Monday It was now time to ensure that those displaced from the north would be able to return to their homes,
We should have a ceasefire now,
said Biden, whose government is Israel’s top arms provider We fear a large-scale ground invasion by Israel into Lebanon would only result in greater suffering,
said UN human rights office spokeswoman Liz Throssell Our war is with Hezbollah, not with the people of Lebanon,
Look at Gaza. Israel is stuck in Gaza without any clue how and when it will get out of Gaza,
We will use all the means at our disposal to achieve this goal,
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said They have also sent in the 7th Armoured Brigade, which is the cream of their armoured units, as well. They are very well trained, very well backed up,
Al Jazeera’s Defence Editor Alex Gatopoulos said It is not what the Israelis are telling us. From open source [intelligence], we understand that the Israelis have prepared at least 18 brigades. So we are talking about between 70,000 and 100,000 soldiers,
Hezbollah has a special forces unit called the Radwan Force that focuses especially on fighting in the south and they train solely in that location. Obviously, the mountainous terrain, rocky terrain, lends itself to ambushes and sniper attacks,
What the Israeli side might be doing is a propaganda war when they speak about successfully entering Lebanese territory. So this might be part of an Israeli psychological war, which wouldn’t be the first time they resort to such tactics,
All Zionist claims that [Israeli] occupation forces have entered Lebanon are false,
Hezbollah media relations official Mohammad Afif told Al Jazeera Not just Hezbollah, all of Lebanon will fight this time. All of Lebanon is determined to fight Israel for the massacres it committed in Gaza and Lebanon,
said Abu Alaa, a resident of the southern port city of Sidon Hezbollah turned Lebanese villages next to Israeli villages into military bases ready for an attack on Israel,
military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said The reality is that, prior to October 7th, there was always a vulnerability [from Hezbollah], but Israel always thought it had been tamed,
Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the global affairs think tank Chatham House, told CBS News in September Peacekeeper safety and security is paramount, and all actors are reminded of their obligation to respect it. Any crossing into Lebanon is in violation of Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity,
UNIFIL said in a statement Hezbollah's activities are forcing the IDF to act against it. The IDF does not want to harm you, and for your own safety you must evacuate your homes immediately,
the military said in message delivered via social media, in Arabic We all feel suffocated by the situation. We don't breathe,
Sarit Zehavi, a researcher who worked for 15 years in Israeli military intelligence and lives in northern Israel, told CBS News before the ground operations began Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,
IDF spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee said in the message