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You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering as we see in Gaza,
We have told all sides that the north is still crowded with people ... and we have the right to provide them services,
The situation is extremely difficult. The bombing and explosions haven't stopped,
said Mahmoud Abu Shehatah, a Jabaliya resident I have grown old while watching my children hungry, scared, having nightmares and screaming day and night from the sound of the bombing and shells,
said Israa Abu Matar, a 26-year-old displaced woman We know in our minds, our hearts, in every cell in our bodies: there will be no rehabilitation without the return of the hostages. All of them,
said Nitza Corngold, whose son Tal Shoham was kidnapped As long as the enemy threatens our existence and the peace of our country, we will continue to fight. As long as our hostages are still in Gaza, we will continue to fight,
Fishing was the way we supported our children. If we don't go out to sea, we won't be able to feed ourselves,
said fisherman Issam Haboush Netanyahu says he wants to bring back
the displaced to their homes in northern Israel ... Qassem said We are firing hundreds of rockets and dozens of drones. A large number of settlements and cities are under the fire of the resistance."
Kassem, speaking by video from an undisclosed location, said Our military capabilities are fine,
The devastation is beyond belief for all people in Lebanon as it is in Gaza. We can't let this happen again,
We are seeing the same patterns that we saw in Gaza,
added Jeremy Laurence of the UN rights office We need to do everything we can to stop that from happening,
said Matthew Hollingworth, Lebanon country director for the United Nations' World Food Program It is in my mind from the time I wake until the time I sleep, that we could go into the same sort of spiral of doom... We shouldn't allow that to happen,
I don't see Hezbollah backing down, even at this level of pain that the Israelis are inflicting upon them,
There are ways to avoid a ground invasion,
What the Israelis have been doing is gradually ratcheting up pressure on Hezbollah to make the price of continuing to attack in support of Gaza too costly for the organization,
David Daoud, senior fellow at FDD specializing in Hezbollah and Lebanon, told Fox News Digital I would call it a kind of proactive attrition,
said Daoud, who co-authored the FDD report Forces from the Commando Brigade, including soldiers from the Egoz Unit, located and destroyed a Hezbollah attack infrastructure, which included a rocket launcher, explosive stockpiles, and additional military equipment,
the IDF said of the initial operation We're watching this very closely."
In response to questions from reporters regarding Israel’s operations in Lebanon, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said