https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/israel-ground-operation-hezbollah-lebanon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Israel began a \u201climited\u201d ground operation in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, in a significant escalation of its conflict against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
\nThe Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a post on X that they were conducting \u201clocalized and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure\u201d in villages close to the Israel-Lebanon border.<\/p>\n
The decision to send troops into Lebanon begins a new phase of the conflict, and comes after intense Israeli bombing that on Friday killed Hezbollah\u2019s leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in southern Beirut. It came in response to Hezbollah’s campaign of cross-border strikes on Israel, which began a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas staged its deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.”<\/p>\n
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