Hezbollah fired missiles into Northern Israel yesterday, which were intercepted by Israeli missile systems. Israeli leadership responded angrily to the U.S.-Iran peace deal as the IDF continued operations in Southern Lebanon. Multiple Israeli soldiers were killed south of Beirut as Israeli forces continue to consolidate positions and go after Shia proxy army targets in the south. The IDF continues to be challenged by FPV drones, which are effective against armor and infantry in southern Lebanon.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz rages on Israeli TV:
“Nobody can tell us what to do, and we’ve proven it. The entire first line of Lebanese villages has been destroyed. We are destroying all the houses. The residents will never see them standing before their eyes again.
“In Lebanon, the 200,000 residents who lived in the “security zone” are not returning. Not one of them is returning.
“We are fighting there. We do not need al-Julani. Al-Julani, the terrorist in a suit, does not need to come and help us. We know Syria well. He is not going to help us in Lebanon. He should stay in Syria, not interfere with us, and not make us interfere with him.
“Do you know what really hurts the jihadists? Maybe it hurts them when you kill them personally, but they don’t care as much about that. What really hurts them is when you take territory from them and destroy their homes—and that’s what we did.
“You remember the raids? They would go in and come out. We go in, destroy, and do not leave. That’s what we’re doing now in Lebanon
“The IDF must be on the other side of the border, beyond the border, defending the State of Israel against jihadist organizations in Lebanon, in Syria, and in Gaza. We will not move from the “security zones”—not in Syria, not in Gaza, and not in Lebanon.
“Why are we on the other side in Syria? Because we need to be there to protect ourselves against what we see in Syria.
“We are already in more than 60% of Gaza, and all of it is destroyed. It is destroyed above ground and underground. That is the difference in the approach we introduced.”
Hellbound and Down 