Israel Defence Forces spokesperson Jonathan Conricus on Sunday said that Hezbollah is playing a very “dangerous game” and escalating the situation. He said that Hezbollah has been dragging Lebanon into war.
In an operational update on the northern border, Jonathan Conricus called Israel’s response “measured, tactical and confined to the areas near the border.” He said that Israel has struck various infrastructures of Hezbollah that have positioned along the blue line.
“So far, our response has been measured, tactical and confined to the areas close to the border. The tactical distances from where Hezbollah has been firing these missiles, rockets and UAVs. That is so far. We have used both tanks, drones, artillery and infantry and a few other things. But in essence, those are the weapons that we have been responding,” Jonathan Conricus said.
“We have struck various Hezbollah infrastructure that they have positioned along the blue line also in violation of 1701. We have struck positions where Hezbollah was firing from and we have also struck different Hezbollah squads. Hezbollah terrorist squads that were manning those anti-tank missiles have also been hit either by tanks or by other means,” he added.
He asked Lebanon whether they are willing to jeopardize the prosperity of the country for the sake of terrorists in Gaza. He noted that Hezbollah has been dragging Lebanon into war.
“Bottom line is and this is what you all need to know Hezbollah is playing a very, very dangerous game. They’re escalating the situation. We see more and more attacks every day. In addition, by the way many rockets have been fired into this area and we’ve had rockets alarm in this area as well and rockets landing in northwestern Galilee. So, Hezbollah has been escalating the situation steadily over the last few days with various types of weapons. We maintain our focus on the south, but extremely important for everybody in Lebanon to ask themselves the question of the price,” Jonathan Conricus said. “Is the Lebanese State really willing to jeopardize what is left of Lebanese prosperity and Lebanese sovereignty for the sake of terrorists in Gaza? For the ISIS of Gaza. That’s a question that the Lebanese authorities need to ask themselves and answer because the way it is looking now Hezbollah is aggressing and it is dragging Lebanon into a war that it will gain nothing from but stands to lose a lot,” he added.
The IDF spokesperson said that Hezbollah has been attacking Israeli positions. He said, “For instance, massive anti-tank fire towards Israeli military positions here and here in these areas as well as anti-tank fire towards communities like this community here and Kibbutz in this area here. Unfortunately, there have been both civilian and military casualties as a result of Hezbollah fire.” Conricus said, “Hezbollah has fired a lot of rockets and mortars at Israeli positions here in this area which is called Mount Dove, where we have military positions but no Israeli communities. Those positions have sustained quite a lot of direct either rocket fire or anti-tank missiles. There have been attempts to infiltrate. Hezbollah teams have been trying to infiltrate towards these positions that has been thwarted as well and in other areas.” He said that Hezbollah uses civilian buildings and villages to hide. He said that Hezbollah in their videos is seen shooting just from within a populated area or just on the outskirts. He said that Hezbollah has intentionally fired in near proximity to UN positions, which he called a move in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.
