The spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Brigadier General Daniel Hageri, has stated that the northern border of Israel is well prepared for defense and retaliation, with the military ready to launch precise strikes against sources of shelling from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“We will strike at the exact location from which attacks against us are launched. We will continue to respond and retaliate immediately. We are well prepared in the north, both in terms of offense and defense,” said Hageri during a briefing.
According to him, the Jewish state will not allow this group to “take advantage of using the population of Southern Lebanon as a human shield.”
Prior to this, The New York Times, citing sources in the Lebanese government, reported that Hezbollah could intervene in the confrontation between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Middle East. According to the publication, a serious weakening of their Palestinian colleagues would be the red line for the group.
The situation in the Middle East has escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on October 7th. Over two hundred hostages were taken.
On that day, the Hamas movement launched thousands of rockets into Israeli territory and declared the start of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the country was in a state of war.
The operation by the IDF was named “Iron Swords,” with the destruction of Hamas being one of its objectives. The Israeli Air Force launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli National Security Council decided to halt the supply of water, food, goods, electricity, and fuel to the region.
Earlier in Russia, a possible timeframe for the end of the war between Israel and Hamas was mentioned.
