IDF Unveils Hezbollah Preparations to Invade Northern Israel

October 7, 2024

by: Yoav Zitun ~ Ynetnews

Monday, 7 October 2024 | “Since the beginning of the war, the Israel Defense Forces [IDF] has conducted dozens of targeted operations in areas near the border in southern Lebanon in order to dismantle Hezbollah’s terrorist capabilities and infrastructure that pose a threat to Israeli civilian communities in northern Israel,” the IDF said on Tuesday.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s plan was for Radwan units numbering 4,000 to 6,000 men, disguised as civilians, to enter the area where equipment had been placed awaiting them to invade border area communities and abduct soldiers.

They were divided into groups, each numbering hundreds in battalions responsible for specific locations along the 135-kilometer [84 mi.] border from the shore to the foothills of the Golan Heights.

The military said that based on precise intelligence, troops conducted targeted operations against Hezbollah compounds to dismantle the military capabilities of the terror group’s Radwan force and prevent them from invading Israel as Hamas did on October 7.

“The soldiers identified and breached underground access points near the border area, exposed extensive weapon caches, assembly areas for terrorist operative operations, and more.

During these operations, the troops also collected valuable intelligence and methodically dismantled the weapons and compounds, including underground infrastructure and advanced weaponry of Iranian origin,” the statement went on to say.

“The troops also uncovered and destroyed underground infrastructure, struck thousands of targets and hundreds of weapons storage facilities, tons of explosives, and hundreds of living areas for operatives, command centers and more. Some of the weapons were recovered and taken by the soldiers back into Israeli territory.”

The IDF believes a few hundred Radwan troops remain active in the area and some 1,000 are further north near the Litani River and the coast. Most Radwan fighters fled north of the Litani, the military said.

IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that there are many villages in the border region of South Lebanon that have terror infrastructure in them and that the military’s offensive was ongoing although he could not say how long it would last.

Posted on October 7, 2024

Source: (This article was originally published by Ynetnews on October 1, 2024. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

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