Our forces are conducting precise, intelligence-driven operations to dismantle Hezbollah's terror infrastructure,
We are eliminating the Hezbollah terrorist organization in southern Lebanon and dismantling its Radwan forces along the entire border,
Everything you see here—the weapons, missiles, explosives, RPGs—they were found by the IDF in areas from where [Hezbollah’s] Radwan forces planned launch attacks to kill and kidnap Israeli citizens,
The Hezbollah terrorist organization has deliberately primarily embedded its weapons production facilities and weaponry beneath residential buildings in the heart of the city of Beirut, hiding them in populated areas,
The Israeli infantry force managed to cross the barbed-wire border fence from the Misgav Am settlement for a distance of about 150 meters before colliding with an ambush set up by Hezbollah members affiliated with the Radwan Forces,
Iran made a big mistake tonight and it will pay for it”.
A violent clash took place between the two sides from a short distance, during which machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, and hand grenades were used,
The Israeli army opened an iron gate positioned on the concrete wall erected on the borderline separating Lebanon and Israel and advanced about 200 meters towards the eastern entrance of Adaisseh,
For years, Israel has warned the world that Hezbollah is violating international law and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which prohibits the presence of armed militants and weapons in southern Lebanon. This was a resolution that the international community agreed on and Lebanon and UNIFIL failed to enforce,
Our soldiers entered Hezbollah's underground infrastructure; exposed Hezbollah's hidden weapons caches and seized and destroyed the weapons including advanced, Iranian-made weapons,
The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel. We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran,
We fear a large-scale ground invasion by Israel into Lebanon would only result in greater suffering,
We should have a ceasefire now,
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,
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,
We will use all the means at our disposal to achieve this goal,
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,
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,
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,