He Israeli army This Tuesday it carries out its incursion into border areas of the south of the Lebanon with orders to the population to move away from the area, where he assures that there is “intense fighting”, while the Shiite militia Hezbollah responded by launching the first rocket attacks against Israeli territory and the Lebanese Government remains silent about the scope of the invasion.
With warnings to the population and accusations against Hezbollah, the Israeli Army began at night “limited, localized and selective ground raids, based on precise information, against Hezbollah’s terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon”, an operation that It has air and artillery coverage.
«Intense fighting is taking place in southern Lebanon, in which members of Hezbollah are exploiting the environment and the civilian population as human shields to launch attacks. For your personal safety, we ask that you do not move vehicles from the northern area to the southern area of the Litani River.the Israeli Army spokesman wrote in Arabic on the social network Avichay Adraee.
Offensive
The Israeli Army has asked to evacuate the towns of Yaroun, Ain Ebel, Maroun al Ras, Tairi, Hadatha Aita al Jabal (al Zat), Jamjima, Toulin, Deir Aames, Burj Qalawieh, Al Bayada, Zebqin Jabal al Batm and a long etcetera in a range of 60 kilometers from the division between the two countries and always north of the Litani River.
While this is happening, Hezbollah claimed responsibility for its first attacks after the offensive on Tuesday.
The Lebanese formation reported in separate statements that it has launched an artillery attack and another with rockets against groups of Israeli soldiers in the town of Metula, in the border areas of northern Israel and declared the day before as a “closed military zone.”
Both actions took place this morning in a period of less than half an hour and at least the artillery shots would have achieved “direct hits” on their objectives, while ‘Fadi-4’ type rockets were launched against an Intelligence base. of Israel and against a Mossad headquarters on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, in an action that for the first time includes this type of long-range projectiles.
Uncertainty about the scope of the operation
Amid uncertainty about the scope of the military operation, the Lebanese Army denied today that it is withdrawing from the border area but stated that it has begun to transfer its personnel from some observation towers in the border areas with Israel.
The Army stated that “military units deployed in the south are repositioning certain observation outposts within their designated areas of responsibility.”
“The command continues to cooperate and coordinate with the UN interim mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL)”The Army said in a statement.
After weeks of warnings, Israel began a military operation near the border last night, ensuring that the Shiite group was planning an attack similar to the one launched by Hamas on October 7 of last year, which caused some 1,200 deaths and 251 kidnapped, and began the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
“Hezbollah has turned Lebanese villages near Israeli communities into military bases, prepared for an attack against Israel”The main military spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said in a video message.
International reaction
As the operation progresses, the UN mission in Lebanon expressed confidence on Tuesday that there is still “a small opportunity for diplomacy to succeed” by warning that “this cycle of violence will not end well for anyone.”
“The question now is whether it will be used or wasted,” the UN special coordinator for Lebanon said in a statement. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaertreferring to diplomatic efforts aimed at stopping an Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon and the violence unleashed between the Jewish state and the Shiite group Hezbollah.
The Russian Government also reacted by condemning what it considers to be an expansion of the “geography” of military actions in the Middle East and warned that these will lead to the destabilization of the entire region in reference to the actions in Lebanon and the air strikes against Damascus.
«We can all observe that the geography of military actions is expanding. All this leads to further destabilization of the region and an escalation of tension.”said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovin his daily press conference.
Illegal occupation
Equally emphatically, the Turkish Foreign Ministry called the Israeli offensive an “illegal occupation attempt.”
«The initiation of a ground attack by Israel in Lebanon, which violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of this country, is an attempt at illegal occupation. It must end as soon as possible and Israeli soldiers must withdraw from Lebanon,” the aforementioned ministry said in a statement.
In a more lax tone, the Qatari prime minister expressed himself, Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al Thaniwho called the commander of the Lebanese Army, Joseph Aounto discuss how to improve and further support the military institution, in the midst of the invasion and escalation.
Also United Arab Emirates (UAE) This Tuesday he expressed his “great concern” about the situation in Lebanon and announced “urgent aid” valued at 100 million dollars to the Government of the Mediterranean country.
In a statement, the Emirati Foreign Ministry warned against the “repercussions of these dangerous events on the stability of the region” of the Middle East, without mentioning the name of Israel or the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. EFE (I)
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