The Israeli army carried out this Tuesday a “combined attack” against “many targets” of the Shiite party militia Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon, more precisely in the Sluki Valley, about 20 kilometers from the common border.
“The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has completed a combined attack on many Hezbollah targets in the Sluki Valley in southern Lebanon. Use of military aircraft and artillery” the army said in a statement posted on its website.
Therefore, he emphasized that this wave of attacks targeted “dozens of positions, military buildings and weapons infrastructure of the terrorist organization,” in what was described as a “significant combined attack.”
In this sense, an unidentified Israeli army officer has clarified that this was the case “A powerful attack” that is one of the “biggest” in southern Lebanon “since the beginning of the fighting” that was unleashed after the attacks by the terrorist group Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on October 7th. The Israeli army emphasized in its statement that Hezbollah was using this area “for terrorist purposes” and accused the group of “installing dozens of devices and infrastructure in this forest area aimed at harming (Israeli) civilians and soldiers.” .
Beirut bombing
Just hours earlier, the head of the Israeli army's Northern Command, Ori Gordin, said that the IDF was “better prepared than ever” for a possible large-scale conflict with Hezbollah. He stressed that the Israeli army had “attacked many squads on the other side” and said that “150 squads” had been attacked since the clashes began Eliminated “many of Hezbollah’s capabilities.”
Tensions between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah have risen in recent days following the deaths of Hamas number two Salé al Aruri and six other members of the Palestinian militia, including two senior officials from the group's armed wing, the Ezzeldin al-Qassam Brigades in a bomb attack in Beirut.