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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,
These targets are located in villages close to the border and pose an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel,
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 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 These operations were approved and carried out in accordance with the decision of the political echelon. Operation “Northern Arrows” will continue according to the situational assessment and in parallel to combat in Gaza and in other arenas. The IDF is continuing to operate to achieve the goals of the war and is doing everything necessary to defend the citizens of Israel and return the citizens of northern Israel to their homes,
You are located near interests and facilities belonging to the terrorist Hezbollah group... you must evacuate the buildings immediately,
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said We do not want any sort of ground invasion."
World leaders have urged de-escalation, with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's spokesman Stephane Dujarric saying Well over 200,000 people are displaced inside Lebanon,
U.N. refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said In accordance with the decision of the political echelon, a few hours ago, the IDF began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon,
This is not an area that is peppered with densely populated urban centers in the way the Gaza Strip is,
A full-scale Israeli ground offensive in southern Lebanon would not be an easy task,
Clionadh Raleigh, executive director of the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, and Ameneh Mehvar, a Middle East regional specialist with ACLED, said in a joint statement If you strike us, we will strike you."
During a speech last week at the UN, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a warning to the "tyrants of Tehran," saying We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack,
One of the major risks involved in such operations is that Israel will squander the major strategic and tactical victories obtained against Hezbollah and become trapped in a military quagmire in Lebanon,
Israeli airforce and IDF artillery are supporting ground forces with precise strikes on military targets in the area,
said the military in a statement There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach,
We know that the battle may be long. We will win as we won in the liberation of 2006,
he said, referring to the last big conflict between the two foes