Elbahrain.net After a week of notable escalation in their protracted dispute, Israel and Hezbollah seem to be heading towards an all-out war that may extend to the rest of the region.
Following numerous days of airstrikes in southern Lebanon and Beirut, Israel declared that its army has started “limited, restricted, and targeted ground attacks” against Hezbollah.
Israel killed the leader of the Shia Islamist organization, Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday in a massive airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, dealing a crushing blow to the organization.
After nearly a year of cross-border hostilities brought on by the Gaza War, Israel has gone on the attack, claiming it wants to guarantee the safe return of border region residents who have been forced to flee their homes due to Hezbollah bombings.
Hezbollah has not been vanquished, despite its weakness. The gang is still thought to have a sizable stockpile of long-range missiles and is continuously firing rockets into northern Israel.
This is a quick overview of the several events that have occurred recently.
Israel mounts ground operation in southern Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed what was widely anticipated, that it was beginning a ground incursion into Lebanon, in a statement that was posted at 2:00 local time on Tuesday morning.
“Located in villages close to the border and represent an imminent threat to Israeli residents in northern Israel,” according to the IDF, are its planned targets.
The mobilization of reservists and the sighting of Israeli tanks near the Lebanese border preceded the announcement.
According to reports, the commander of the military’s Northern Command is in favor of establishing a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon in order to keep Hezbollah soldiers and equipment away from the border and for Israel to repatriate 60,000 inhabitants to houses they had to flee about a year ago.
Prior to this, US media reported that Israeli commandos in small teams had been conducting transborder incursions for brief periods of time.
Following a string of attacks against Hezbollah, an incursion into Lebanon
Over a dozen key leaders have been killed and thousands of weapons appear to have been destroyed by Israel in airstrikes during the massive devastation done on Hezbollah in recent weeks. It was also held accountable for the walkie-talkie and pager explosions that murdered, maimed, or blinded thousands of Hezbollah members. The death of Hassan Nasrallah, according to BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen, is the greatest setback of all.
He was the beating heart of Hezbollah for over thirty years. He transformed it into a military force with Iranian finance, training, and weaponry. As a result of his attacks, Israel was forced to end its 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon in 2000. In 2006, he waged a month-long war that left Israel paralyzed.
The death of Nasrallah is a major win for Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that his country was “winning” the struggle against those who wished to see it destroyed in a bold speech delivered to the UN on Friday. He had already given the go-ahead for the attack that murdered Nasrallah.
