Israel says it has struck more than 50 Hezbollah targets in Syria since Oct 7
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Israeli soldiers take part in a training session near Israel's border with Syria at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Feb 1.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli military on Feb 3 said that since the outbreak of the Gaza war on Oct 7,
The remarks, in a briefing by chief military spokesman Daniel Hagari that mainly discussed efforts to beat back Hezbollah attacks launched in solidarity with Hamas, were a departure from Israel’s usual reticence about Syria operations.
“Everywhere Hezbollah is, we shall be. We will take action everywhere required in the Middle East,” he said.
Israeli forces have attacked 34,000 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including 120 border surveillance outposts, 40 caches of missiles and other weaponry and more than 40 command centres, he said.
He put the number of enemy dead at more than 200.
Rear-Adm Hagari said Israel had deployed three army divisions along its side of the Lebanese border in anticipation of Hezbollah getting involved after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a shock cross-border attack on Israel on Oct 7, triggering the war in the Gaza Strip.
With tens of thousands of its northern residents having evacuated, Israel has threatened to escalate the Lebanon fighting unless Hezbollah backs off from the border – and has sought Western help in finding a diplomatic solution in Beirut. REUTERS
