Israeli troops ski into Lebanon

Israeli soldiers skied into southern Lebanon from territory captured in Syria overnight.

The cross-border operation in the snowy mountain terrain was the first of its kind by the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Alpinist Unit.

took place as Israel Clashed with Iran-backed Hezbollah It came ashore in southern Lebanon and launched air strikes to the south, east and the capital, Beirut.

In the footage, soldiers in camouflage can be seen climbing and skiing in the snow.

An IDF statement on Sunday said the unit “moved from Hermon, Syria, to the Mount Dov region in southern Lebanon with the aim of combing the area, gathering intelligence and detecting enemy terrorist infrastructure in the area.”

Israeli soldiers captured strategic Mount Hermon He claimed that the security of the Israeli border in Southern Syria should be ensured after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024.

Israel has since expanded its military presence to about 150 square miles beyond the UN-supervised buffer zone established in 1974. Yes Demanded that Syria establish a demilitarized &ZeroWidthSpace zone From Damascus to Hermon.

The IDF is destroying infrastructure in Southern Lebanon, including houses, buildings and bridges. Used by HezbollahIt cuts off the terrorist group’s access to Israel’s northern border.

after last week Seven bridges over the Litani River were destroyedIsraeli defense minister Israel Katz said the IDF “will control the remaining bridges and the security zone up to the Litani.”

Israel has insisted it will clear all homes and residents from areas where terrorists operate in southern Lebanon as it seeks to establish a “forward line of defence”.

This means that the IDF currently occupies a large part of Lebanese territory, increasing the likelihood of a possible attack. a long term career The kind seen in previous wars with the terrorist organization.

Over the weekend, the IDF announced that it had struck “dozens of Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure facilities.”

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel to avenge the US-Israeli attack. Murder of Ayatollah Ali KhameneiIran’s religious leader.

More than 1,100 people have been killed and more than a million displaced since the war with Hezbollah began. LebanonMany are from towns and villages south of Litani.

Lebanese journalists killed

Israel is under scrutiny for killing three Lebanese journalists on Saturday in an attack that Beirut called a “clear crime”.

Ali Shoeib, a reporter for Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV, Fatima Ftouni of the pro-Hezbollah channel Al Mayadeen, and her cameraman brother Mohammad Ftouni were killed in their vehicle.

In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that Mr. Shoeib “operated within the Hezbollah terrorist organization under the guise of a journalist for the Al Manar network,” without providing any evidence.

Meanwhile, the IDF said targeting Iran’s military assets is almost complete.

The IDF will complete striking critical assets in Iran’s arms production “within a few days,” military spokeswoman Effie Defrin said Saturday night.

The United States is sending mixed signals about whether it is slowing down or escalating the war.

Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Ghalibaf, said on Sunday that although the United States claimed that negotiations were continuing, this secretly planning a ground attack.

“Our men are waiting for American soldiers to arrive on the field to set fire to and punish their regional allies once and for all,” he said.

Thousands of U.S. Marines arrived in the region on Friday, with more expected to arrive soon.

However, US vice president J.D. Vance said his country’s “We have completed the majority of our military projects”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that Israel will expand its occupation of Southern Lebanon.

During his visit to northern Israel, he said the Israel Defense Forces would expand the “existing security strip” in Lebanon, adding: “We are determined to fundamentally change the situation in the north.” [of Israel]. “Hezbollah still has the capacity to launch rockets at us.”

No further details were given.

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