srael has launched a ground invasion in southern Lebanon, in what it has described as “limited, localised and targeted” raids against Hezbollah.
Lebanese civilians are being warned not to use vehicles to travel south across the Litani river, located 20 miles north of the Israel-Lebanon border, and residents in around 25 villages have been told to evacuate and head north.
According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the operation is aimed at the Iran-backed group’s “infrastructure”, which it says poses “an immediate threat to Israeli communities in northern Israel”.
An Israeli senior security official told the BBC earlier that ground forces had only ventured a “very close walking distance” into Lebanon, but Hezbollah deny claims that troops are in the country.
The militant group said its fighters were “ready for a direct confrontation” but there had been no direct clashes between them and Israeli forces, a claim confirmed to the BBC by an Israeli source.
Hezbollah has also claimed to have fired at the headquarters of Mossad, the international arm of Israel’s intelligence service, in Tel Aviv.
Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon are continuing.
Read more at BBC.com
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