IDF Prepares to Expand Ground Operations in Lebanese Territory

The Israeli media reported that the military forces are currently making intensive preparations to expand their ground operations inside Lebanese territory, pending the approval of the political leadership for this military escalation. According to Israeli sources, these preparations come “in light of the ceasefire and ongoing violations by Hezbollah,” as Israeli forces seek to “create the possibility of expanding the fighting in accordance with the resolution that the political level will take. ”The sources quoted an Israeli military official as saying: "We are preparing for the possibility that the political side will give the green light to expand the operation in Lebanon, and we are preparing for that on the ground, "without revealing the identity of the source. In the same context, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of raids targeting a number of towns in southern Lebanon, in addition to the town of Qilya in the western Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon. The drones also carried out Israeli attacks on the city of Nabatieh and the town of Kafr Dunin in southern Lebanon, according to the official Lebanese National News Agency, where one of the marches targeted a car in the town of Zabdin, killing two people. Israeli forces issued warnings to residents of nine towns in southern Lebanon and the town of Qalaya in the western Bekaa, demanding that they evacuate their homes immediately and move a thousand meters away from those areas.