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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,
a senior White House official told the Washington Examiner 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,
We need to take care of it because we will not let another 7th of October occur next to our border,
The IDF conducted hundreds of special operations during the last months to map and analyze Hezbollah’s hostile infrastructure in civilian houses in southern Lebanon, as well as targeted aerial campaigns against Hezbollah personnel,
Hezbollah planned to invade Israel, attack Israeli communities and massacre innocent men, women and children,
the senior Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson, Daniel Hagari, said on Tuesday In their view, ... the urgent threat that must be dealt with lies just across the border fence.”
Underneath that envelope [of limited military action], a war of attrition might still continue, with rocket and mortar fire and anything else, which won’t really allow life in the northern communities,
To the best of my understanding, this move is designed to target infrastructure that Hezbollah built, and parts of which we were unfamiliar with,
Israel Ziv, a former director of the IDF Operations Directorate, told Israel’s 103 radio station hours after the attack was launched All Zionist claims that occupation forces entered Lebanon are false,
Hezbollah media relations official Muhammad Afif said on Tuesday in comments reported by Al Jazeera We're not going to Beirut. We're not going to the cities in southern Lebanon. We are focusing on the area of those villages next to our border,
The operations that we de-classified tonight are only a small number of dozens of operations that we will reveal going forward, including the destruction of Hezbollah's strategic assets and capabilities,
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 I reiterated the serious consequences for Iran in the event Iran chooses to launch a direct military attack against Israel,
I made it clear that the United States supports Israel’s right to defend itself,
Without sufficient resources, humanitarians risk leaving the population of an entire country without the support they urgently require,