Lebanon
Two anti-tank missiles injured eight people and later a drone attack injured two others.
“It is hard to imagine a better means of targeting Hezbollah operatives, whoever is behind the exploding devices,” Natasha Hausdorff, of UK Lawyers for Israel, told JNS.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Wednesday night approved attack and defense plans for the north.
Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin says the security reality in the north needs to change, speaking after Hezbollah blamed Israel for blasts in Lebanon.
More than 450 Hezbollah operatives sustained wounds, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Earlier this week, Israeli authorities thwarted a second attempt by Hezbollah to assassinate a “former senior security official.”
The paratroopers and commando division will join the 36th Division under the Northern Command amid heightened tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.
Gold Apollo said in a statement that the exploding devices carried by Hezbollah members were produced and sold by Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT.
Jerusalem was reportedly concerned that the terror group had picked up on the plan, intended as the opening move of a full-scale war.
“What’s important is where this leads. Is it another round in the ping-pong game between Israel and Hezbollah—and if so it is worthless—or a prelude to a more significant confrontation?”
Mojtaba Amini’s other eye was severely injured during the attack, according to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Israel believes Hezbollah is preparing for a large-scale attack after thousands of its members were wounded and several killed when their pagers detonated.
