Israel Defense Forces Leader Tells Troops Air Strikes Serve to Prepare Ground Incursion into Lebanon

The chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Herzi Halevi, informed the army to “prepare the ground” for a possible entry into Lebanon, the report said. jornal The Guardian. He told troops that the airstrikes of recent days have been carried out to prepare for a ground invasion.

“To achieve this, we are preparing the maneuver process, which means that your military boots, your maneuver boots, enter enemy territory, enter villages that Hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts,” said the leader of the armed forces.