Israel ha announced this Monday “limited and localized ground attacks” against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanese cities near the border. The aim, according to authorities, is to eliminate the threat posed by the Lebanese Shiite group and its networks in the south of the country. The same goal Israel declared in previous invasions in 1978, 1982 – when Lebanese Shiite armed groups did not yet exist – and 2006.
After days of announcing that Israeli soldiers' boots will step on “enemy” territory. to direct combat with Hezbollah, the Army denies that it is planning a full-scale invasion of Lebanon. Their goal, they stressed, was to eliminate the threat in southern Lebanon and allow residents evacuated from northern Israel to return home safely.