Israel has increased its military presence in border areas within southern Lebanon, a military spokesman confirmed this Tuesday, in an action that he described as defensive to prevent possible attacks by the Shiite militia against its northern border.
“Our soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon, in some positions near the border area as part of an enhanced advanced defensive posture,” military spokesman Nadav Shoshani said in a video conference with the international press.
Shoshani confirmed that ground forces have been located at other high points, without specifying which ones, beyond the five border posts that Israel maintains in the country despite, after more than a year ago failing to meet the withdrawal deadline.
“This time we will not evacuate civilians from the north. We are not going to return to the situation of October 2023,” Shoshani continued, saying that troops will be on the northern border “to repel Hezbollah” in case it decides to expand its attacks.
Israel continued bombing in 2025, and in recent months, southern Lebanon and Hezbollah targets, despite the ceasefire. And after an attack by the Shiites against the north of the country – which caused no injuries – it has been attacking Lebanon since Monday in parallel with Iran; causing at least 31 deaths in this country and a wave of displaced people.
Hezbollah justified its attacks in response to the assassination on Saturday in Tehran of the Iranian supreme leader, the Ayatollah, and the continuation of Israeli bombings against Lebanon despite the 2024 ceasefire.
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Just tonight, Hezbollah has claimed responsibility for a drone attack against two Israeli military bases, in response to attacks by the Israeli Army on dozens of municipalities in Lebanon, including its capital, Beirut.
The group has indicated that it has attacked the Nafah base, located in Syria – a territory militarily occupied by Israel since 1967 – with multiple drones, after claiming responsibility for an attack of the same type against the Ramat David air base, located southeast of the Israeli town of Haifa.
Hezbollah has specified in this case that it has reached “the radars and control rooms” of what is one of the three main bases of the Israeli Air Force, in a note broadcast through the Al Manar television network, justifying a “response to the criminal Israeli aggression that affected dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.”
