The mutual shelling between Hezbollah The Israeli army on the Israeli-Lebanese border, led to the displacement of a large number of residents on both sides of the border.
Hezbollah’s announcement came after the Israeli Defense Minister stated: Yoav Galant That Israel is determined to restore calm on the northern front, noting that “there is the option of an agreement that would lead to arrangements in the north and south” of Israel, with the Lebanese Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas movement, “and a second option, which is escalation that will lead to war.”
He said Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah In a speech in Beirut, “We do not have a plan to initiate war because we do not find it useful, but if Israel launches war, we will confront it with war and the losses will be huge for us and for them as well.”
“If they think this war will return the 100,000 displaced people” to the north, he added, Israel“From now on, we are telling you to prepare to receive hundreds of thousands of additional displaced persons.”
Since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, Hezbollah and Israel have been exchanging daily shelling across the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Since then, Hezbollah has mainly targeted Israeli military sites, in attacks launched from southern Lebanon in “support” of Gaza and “backing” its resistance. Israel responds by targeting what it describes as “military structures” belonging to the party, in addition to its fighters.
These confrontations have led to the displacement of tens of thousands of Lebanese and Israelis, and have raised fears that the war, which has been ongoing for 12 months, will expand. Gaza Strip.
Since the escalation began, at least 623 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to a count by Agence France-Presse, while 50 people have been killed on the Israeli side, according to the army.
