Israel plans to control southern Lebanon up to the Litani River and create a permanent security zone there. Until the Hezbollah threat ends, people will not return home.
The Israeli army will take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Kac announced on Tuesday. According to him, Israel will control the “security zone” until it eliminates the threat from the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah. TASR informs about it according to the reports of the AFP agency and the news portal The Times of Israel (TOI).
- Israel plans to control southern Lebanon up to the Litani River.
- The security zone is supposed to protect the north of Israel from Hezbollah.
- The bridges over the Lítaní River, which were used by Hezbollah, were destroyed.
- The people of southern Lebanon will not return until it is safe.
“All five bridges over the Litani river used by Hezbollah to transfer terrorists and weapons have been blown up, and the Israeli armed forces will control the rest of the bridges and the security area after Litani,” Kac said during a visit to the military command center in Israel.
They prevent residents from returning
Thousands of southern Lebanon residents displaced by the Middle East war this month will not return south of the Litani River until security is guaranteed for residents of northern Israel, according to Kac. The Israeli army will continue to fight “with full force” against the pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah, the defense minister says.
“The principle is simple: Where there is terror and rockets, there will be no homes and no residents, and the Israeli armed forces will be inside,” Kac added.
Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on March 2 in response to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Lebanese government banned Hezbollah’s activities and called on it to hand over its weapons. In addition, after the outbreak of fighting, the government in Lebanon decided to ban all potential military activities of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which, according to Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salama, command Hezbollah’s operations in the conflict with Israel. It also introduced a visa requirement for Iranians entering the country.
