US EditionLebanese Fear Another Occupation as Israel Threatens to Use Gaza Tactics There
Israel has displaced over 1 million people and bombed seven bridges to cut Hezbollah supply lines while aiming to establish a long-term security zone in the south, officials said.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that Israel has launched a limited ground operation in southern Lebanon to create a "security zone" up to the Litani River, 30 kilometers from the border.
- Israeli leaders justified the operation as necessary to shield northern communities from daily rocket attacks by Hezbollah, citing the Gaza campaign model that destroyed homes in Beit Hanoun and Rafah to neutralize threats.
- Kandice Ardel, spokesperson for the U.N. mission known as UNIFIL, reported that Israeli troops and engineering assets are operating near U.N. positions, amid air raids killing more than 1,000 people and displacing over a million.
- Seven bridges over the Litani have been bombed to restrict movement, while Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, declared the war must end with "fundamental change"—the river becoming the "new border with the state of Lebanon."
- Many in Lebanon fear the strategy signals an open-ended occupation and territorial loss, as Mohanad Hage Ali, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East think tank in Beirut, observed that Israel has already established "different shades" of control.
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Lebanese fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics there
BEIRUT — As Israel trades fire with Hezbollah, calls for mass evacuations and sends ground troops deeper into Lebanon, its leaders have hinted at a long-term occupation modeled on the devastating conquest of much of Gaza after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Read more...
The conflict is intensifying in Lebanon, where fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has already resulted in more than 1,000 deaths and nearly 1 million internally displaced persons. The Israeli offensive could evolve towards a lasting occupation of the southern part of the country, reviving the spectre of prolonged conflict and regional destabilization.
In the shadow of the Iran war, a war is unfolding in Lebanon that could determine the future of the country. The concern for an Israeli occupation is great. Is it so?
DECRYPTAGE - The war in Iran, which revived the conflict with Israel, exacerbates tensions within the country of the Cedar.
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