The Israeli army announced today that it had killed more than 500 "terrorists", the "vast majority" of whom were members of the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, in more than nine months of clashes on the border with Lebanon.
The leader of the Northern Command, Uri Gordin, stressed that "there is a lot of offensive activity" and that "more than 500 terrorists have already been eliminated in Lebanon, the vast majority of whom are members of Hezbollah".
"We have destroyed thousands of infrastructures", added the Israeli representative.
Quoted on the Israel Defense Forces website, Uri Gordin highlighted the army's work to "protect the cities of northern Galilee and increase preparedness for an attack", as well as to "change the security situation in the north".
"All residents of Metula and the north will be able to return to their homes", the same source added, stating that "when the time and moment to attack comes, it will be a decisive attack".
The Israeli army today bombed targets allegedly linked to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and intercepted "a launch that came from Lebanese territory", with no reports of casualties or material damage so far.
Tensions have increased in recent weeks and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently warned that the Israeli army "is prepared for a very powerful action" on the Lebanese border.
For his part, the leader of the Lebanese pro-Iran movement, Hassan Nasrallah, assured that if Hamas and Israel reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the group will cease its attacks "unconditionally".
Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in intense crossfire since October 8, 2023, one day after the start of the Gaza war, in the worst clashes between the two sides since 2006.
The clashes in the border areas have already caused fatalities, on both the Israeli and Lebanese sides, and forced the displacement of thousands of people on both sides of the border.
Hezbollah is part of the so-called "axis of resistance", a coalition led by Iran that also includes, among others, the Palestinian extremist group Hamas and the Houthi rebels from Yemen.
The current conflict in the Gaza Strip was triggered by the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7, which caused around 1,200 deaths and more than two hundred hostages, according to Israeli authorities.
In response, Israel launched an offensive in Gaza that has already caused more than 39,000 deaths, mostly civilians, and nearly 90,000 injuries, as well as a humanitarian disaster, according to local authorities, controlled by Hamas.
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