JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel Defense Forces leaders are concerned that Hezbollah is dragging Israel into a major war in Lebanon, while the government pauses the Gaza fighting to allow for humanitarian aid, including cigarettes.
Hezbollah seemed to reduce its attacks against northern Israel over the weekend as Muslims are marking the four-day holiday of Eid al-Adha. Israel fired back last week as the Iranian-backed group launched its worst attacks to date, prompting Israel to warn about the danger ahead.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated, “Hezbollah’s increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region.”
Hezbollah has fired more than 5,000 projectiles at Israeli civilians, forcing the evacuation of nearly 100,000 Israelis since it joined the war. Hagari asserts Iran is behind it all.
“Iran’s terror proxies continue to drag the region to destruction. Israel will continue fighting against Iran’s axis of evil on all fronts – in Gaza, in Lebanon, in other fronts.”
Israel’s military maintained a security zone in southern Lebanon for years but pulled out in May of 2000. A U.N. peacekeeping force was supposed to keep it demilitarized, but Hezbollah took over the
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