Israel: “Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into an unnecessary war just for the sake of Hamas”

Three months after the brutal attack of Hamas up south of Israel, Tensions in the north – on the border with Lebanon – are deepening by the minute. Hezbollah, a terrorist group operating in the area, financed by Iran, began carrying out attacks on October 7 in support of Palestinian militants.

“Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into an unnecessary war for the sake of Hamas. Hezbollah seeks growth despite the unintended destruction it may bring to the Lebanese people. In addition to the unnecessary suffering it is already causing the population of southern Lebanon. And for what? For the good of Hamas,” slammed the rear admiral Daniel HagariA spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.

“Those who drag the region to unnecessary aggrandizement. Our message is clear: the people of Israel, the people of Gaza, the people of Lebanon and indeed the entire region deserve a future of peace, progress and prosperity, and not the death and destruction that Hamas and Hezbollah seek.“

And he added: “We have a duty to defend our people, if not by diplomatic means, then by force of arms. The diplomatic window may be short, but it remains open.

He On October 7 Hamas attacked Israel in a coordinated and simultaneous operation This includes airstrikes from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel and the infiltration of hundreds of terrorists.

They killed 1,200 people In Bloody Raid: They burned houses with people inside, killed entire families, cut off the heads of infants and burned them. They mutilated and raped their victims, and took more than 250 hostages in the Gaza Strip. That day, Hamas militants paraded the bodies of civilians and soldiers through the streets of Gaza.

The main victims were the population of the kibbutzim in the south of the country and the hundreds of young people who attended. Music Festival for Peace, SupernovaNear the border with the strip.

After the attack, war broke out in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces first launched aerial bombardments and then ground operations in the northern strip. Repeatedly and through various means, the IDF requested the evacuation of civilians but the terrorist group used schools, hospitals and residences as bases of operations. Hamas has historically been hidden among the civilian population.

then Queue mediationIn collaboration with the United States, IIsrael and Hamas agreed to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners Accused and/or convicted of terrorist offences.

A ceasefire began on November 24 and lasted seven days during which Hamas released 113 hostages, between Israeli women and children and foreign abductors. In return, Israel handed over dozens of Palestinian prisoners and allowed additional humanitarian aid to enter the Strip.

After a 7-day ceasefire, on December 1, Hamas violated the ceasefire. It launched rockets from the Gaza Strip and did not provide another list of potential liberators. There are still 129 hostages in Gaza, including 11-month-old Argentinian Israeli baby Kaffir Bibas, the youngest abducted in the hands of the militants.

After the end of the ceasefire, Israel resumed operations and expanded its ground campaign south of the Strip, where house-to-house battles are being fought. The aim is to eliminate the Hamas terrorist group, kill its leaders and destroy the vast network of underground tunnels built in the Strip that allow terrorists to hide, store weapons and hide hostages.