MADRID 8 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Army announced this Tuesday the deployment of another division in Lebanese territory, increasing to four those involved in the invasion of Lebanon, unleashed a week ago, after more than eleven months of fighting with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah. .
Thus, he specified through a statement published on his account on the social network Hezbollah.”
The Army has stressed that “it is the first reserve division to be used in combat in southern Lebanon as part of the ‘Northern Arrows’ operation,” before emphasizing that the forces that comprise it previously participated “in various fighting in the north and in the Gaza Strip.
The 146th Reserve Division thus joins the 98th, 36th and 91st divisions, which already operate in the central and eastern sectors of southern Lebanon, as confirmed by Israeli authorities.
Israel has described its invasion of Lebanon as a “selective and limited” operation against Hezbollah’s “terrorist targets and infrastructure.” The offensive was launched after nearly two weeks of intensified attacks and has been paralleled by an intensification of bombings against the capital, Beirut, and other areas of the country.
Lebanese authorities have reported more than 2,000 deaths from Israeli attacks over the past year, a figure that has risen dramatically over the past two weeks. In addition, thousands of people have been injured and nearly 1.2 million have been forced to flee their homes.
The resurgence in hostilities is part of the clashes for nearly a year, after Hezbollah attacked Israeli territory a day after the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions. , which led Israel to unleash a bloody offensive against the Gaza Strip.
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