The head of the IDF’s Northern Command Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin and head of the Operations Directorate Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk approved Lebanon battle plans today, the military says.
In a statement, the IDF says the generals held an assessment, during which “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved.”
The top commanders also made decisions regarding “accelerating the readiness of the forces on the ground,” the military adds.
The announcement comes amid repeated attacks by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian terror groups in Lebanon on northern Israel, with fears of a wider conflict.
Israel has warned it can no longer tolerate Hezbollah’s presence along its border following the October 7 atrocities, and has warned that should a diplomatic solution not be reached, it will turn to military action to push Hezbollah northward.
FM says Hezbollah would be destroyed in a ‘total war’
Israel warns the Iran-backed Hezbollah it would be destroyed in the event of a “total war,” after a US envoy called for de-escalation on the Lebanese border as tensions flare.
Foreign Minister Israel Katz’s comments come after Hezbollah published a more than nine-minute video showing drone footage purportedly taken by the terror group over northern Israel, including parts of the city and port of Haifa.
Israel and Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily cross-border fire since the Palestinian terror group’s October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in the Gaza Strip.
“We are very close to the moment when we will decide to change the rules of the game against Hezbollah and Lebanon,” Katz says, quoted in a statement from his office.
“In a total war, Hezbollah will be destroyed and Lebanon will be hit hard.”
IDF carries out strikes in Lebanon as rocket and drone sirens ring out in north
The IDF says it carried out a series of strikes in southern Lebanon today, targeting several Hezbollah operatives involved in launching drones.
The operatives were part of Hezbollah’s aerial forces unit, which the military says was behind dozens of explosive-laden drone attacks on northern Israel and other surveillance operations.
In the past hour, sirens rang out several times in northern communities signaling rocket launches and suspected drone infiltrations.
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