Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has warned Hezbollah that an offensive is imminent, saying that Israeli soldiers military boots will enter enemy territory. Halevi’s remarks came after Hezbollah fired a missile at central Israel on early September 25 and Israel reported with airstrikes, which have killed 569 people and wounded 1,835 others.
During a drill simulating the invasion, Halevi addressed soldiers of the 7th Armored Brigade. Halevi said, ‘You can hear the planes above, we are attacking all day. Both to prepare the area for the possibility of your entry into Lebanon and also to continue causing blows to Hezbollah’.
He promised, ‘Hezbollah today expanded its range of fire. Later today, it will receive a very strong response’. Halevi continues, ‘Today we will continue, we do not stop, we continue to attack and continue to strike them everywhere. The goal is a very clear goal, to return the displaced residents of the north safely’.
He says to the soldiers, ‘To do this, we are preparing the ground maneuver’. Halevi said, ‘Your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that Hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts, with underground infrastructure, staging points, and launchpads into our territory to carry out attacks on Israeli civilians. He further said, ‘Your entry into those areas with force, your encounter with Hezbollah operatives, will show them what it means to face a professional, highly skilled, and battle-experienced force’.
‘You are coming in much stronger and far more experienced than they are. You will go in, destroy the enemy there, and decisively destroy their infrastructure. These are the things that will enable us to safely return the residents of the north afterward’.
Hezbollah confirmed it launched a Qadr 1 ballistic missile targeting the headquarters of Israel’s intelligence service Mossad in Tel Aviv. It is believed to be the first ballistic missile to be launched by Hezbollah toward Israel.
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