The Israeli army said it kicked off a series of new security measures in the northern Israeli towns after carrying out a drill simulating a ground offensive in Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah group had intensified its attacks on Israel in response to the latter’s Monday strike that targeted a hospital entrance in south Lebanon killing one person.
In recent weeks, the Israeli army carried out a drill simulating a ground offensive on Lebanon.
The Israeli army spokesperson said the “exercise simulated combat scenarios in the northern arena, the rapid deployment of forces on the ground, the functioning of the division and brigade headquarters and the readiness of the forces for an attack”.
Israel’s announcement comes amid new strict measures imposed in Israeli settlements and northern towns.
News agencies have displayed images showing cement barriers placed as roadblocks in northern Israel.
An Israeli newspaper also reported that the army decided to trim down its alert units in the northern towns, a decision that drew criticisms from Israeli officers.
An order was also issued to close an Israeli settlement, and entry banned even for Israeli soldiers.
The new measures triggered concern among the town residents, amid mass destruction of buildings estimated by Israel’s i24 News at 930 buildings destroyed by Hezbollah strikes.
On Sunday, Hezbollah heavily shelled the town of Kiryat Shmona. The town’s municipal chief was quoted as saying that over 40 percent of the town’s fleeing residents have no plans of returning back. “We expect the number to rise”, he said.
Hezbollah, in a wide-scale offensive, carried out 15 military operations on Sunday against Israeli targets in response to the latters’ successive attacks targeting people on motorcycles in Lebanese border towns.
An Israeli strike on Monday outside a hospital in south Lebanon killed one person at the hospital entrance. He was heading for medical tests.
Fifteen other people sustained varying injuries, including seven civilians and eight health care workers at Salah Ghandour Hospital in the city of Bint Jbeil.
The hospital security guard, Hassan Jouni, underwent surgery due to severe injuries.
For the first time since the hostilities began in the southern Lebanon border area, the Israeli army targeted the vicinity of a hospital on Monday morning.
The Israeli military has increased its efforts in recent days to apprehend individuals using cars or motorcycles on the roads, resulting in the fatalities of Hezbollah members and civilians.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health condemned the brutal Israeli shelling that targeted the hospital.
Hezbollah retaliated against the Israeli assault on the hospital by “targeting and destroying the newly installed spy equipment at the Miskaf Am site.”
The Israeli military said that it bombed a building where Hezbollah members were located in the Yaron border area on Sunday.
Additionally, the air force targeted Hezbollah members in Hula, hitting a weapons storage facility in Mays Al-Jabal and military infrastructure in Khiam.
The Israeli raid on the town of Yaron led to casualties.
Israel Imposes New Security Measures along Border with Lebanon
A picture taken during a tour with the Israeli army in Dovev, a Moshav in north Israel close to the border with Lebanon, shows Israeli soldiers inspecting the damage to a synagogue after it was hit by rockets fired from Lebanon on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
Israel Imposes New Security Measures along Border with Lebanon
A picture taken during a tour with the Israeli army in Dovev, a Moshav in north Israel close to the border with Lebanon, shows Israeli soldiers inspecting the damage to a synagogue after it was hit by rockets fired from Lebanon on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
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