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In reinforcement of special forces: IDF prepares for another confrontation with Hezbollah - Walla! News

2020-08-28T19:10:19.470Z


The army is preparing for the possibility that the terrorist organization will try to harm soldiers as an act of revenge for the death of a Hezbollah operative in Syria and will not be satisfied with the series of actions it carried out in the sector. The Northern Command raised the level of alertness, and reduced forces in the area for fear of injury. "The IDF response will be very difficult," they warned


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In reinforcement of special forces: The IDF is preparing for another confrontation with Hezbollah

The army is preparing for the possibility that the terrorist organization will try to harm soldiers as an act of revenge for the death of a Hezbollah operative in Syria and will not be satisfied with the series of actions it carried out in the sector. The Northern Command raised the level of alertness, and reduced forces in the area for fear of injury. "The IDF response will be very difficult," they warned

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Amir Bohbot

Friday, August 28, 2020, 10 p.m.

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In the video: Documentation of the area from which Hezbollah's attempt to attack the Lebanese border was made (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

The IDF estimates that Hezbollah has not given up its intention to avenge the death of the organization's operative in Syria in an attack attributed to Israel, and will not be satisfied with an operation on the Lebanese border - Walla! NEWS has learned. Israel-Lebanon, and therefore raised the level of alertness and readiness in the Northern Command. Also, in order to prevent terrorist cell of Hezbollah, has been reduced to the presence of IDF forces along the northern border.

As a result, the army are preparing a range of scenarios from the sea and Rosh Hanikra to Mount Hermon, with reinforcements Ground Forces, Air Force and intelligence. "If Hezbollah will try to harm civilians or soldiers - reaction "It will be very difficult for the IDF," security officials clarified in recent days. "This time it will not end in harm to the organization's positions on the border."

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Smoke billows from Shebaa farms during an incident between the IDF and Hezbollah, about a month ago (Photo: Reuters)

Meanwhile, last night, Colonel Roi Levy ended his position as commander of the Baram formation, which is in charge of the western part of the Israel-Lebanon border, and his successor is Colonel Omar Cohen. The IDF will continue to prevent Hezbollah's attempts to harm Israel. "We are committed to the defense, while increasing the readiness for days of battle - and even to war if necessary," stressed Brigadier General Binder

. He even turned to his successor, Col. Cohen, emphasizing: "Your main goal is to lead the brigade wisely and forcefully, and to make Hezbollah continue to fail."

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UN observers pass a Hezbollah flag in the southern Lebanese town of Khayyam a month ago (Photo: Reuters)

Last July, a truck driver from Lebanon, a Hezbollah operative, was killed in an airstrike near Damascus attributed to Israel. Since the incident, the secretary general of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is trying to drag Lebanon into direct confrontation with Israel, to avenge active. A few days after the incident in Syria, a Hezbollah squad tried to carry out an attack on Mount Dov, after crossing the border into Israel.

After the incident, was Documentation from the security incident, which included photos and videos, to UNIFIL forces and Israel's ambassador to the UN, Gilad Ardan, in order to prove that Hezbollah violates Israel's sovereignty and threatens to harm IDF soldiers. The material included documentation of the sniper rifle left by the terrorists in the area after fleeing unharmed back to Lebanese territory.

Also at the beginning of the month, Hezbollah tried to infiltrate a skimmer into the Hermon outposts, but the aircraft was shot down by IDF forces. The third attempt to carry out an attack took place a few days ago, when a sniper squad fired at two soldiers near Menara. He destroyed two observation posts of the terrorist organization on the border, and fired hundreds of shells into Lebanese territory.

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