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Hezbollah denies Israeli claims of invading south Lebanon
Web Desk GTV
01 October, 2024 19:36
Lebanese group Hezbollah on Tuesday denied Israeli claims about invading southern Lebanon.
“Israeli claims about invading Lebanon are lies,” Hezbollah spokesman Mohammad Afif said in a statement.
“There were no direct clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli occupation forces,” he added.
“We are ready for direct clashes with the (Israeli) enemy forces that dare or try to enter the Lebanese territories,” Afif said.
The Israeli army said early Tuesday that it had launched “limited and targeted” ground operations in southern Lebanon.
Since Sept. 23, Israel has launched massive airstrikes against what it calls Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, killing more than 1,057 people and injuring over 2,950 others, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
Several Hezbollah leaders have been martyred in the assault, including its leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,600 people, most of them women and children.
The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the Gaza conflict into a wider regional war.
Russia on Tuesday called on Israel to withdraw troops from Lebanon, warning that the attack would lead to a further escalation of violence in the Middle East.
Israel said commando and paratroop units launched raids into Lebanon on Tuesday as part of a “limited” ground incursion, while Iran-backed Hezbollah said it had fired a barrage of missiles into Israel, including at its spy agency near Tel Aviv.
“Russia strongly condemns the attack on Lebanon and calls on the Israeli authorities to immediately cease hostilities, withdraw their troops from Lebanese territory and engage in a real search for peaceful ways to resolve the Middle East conflict,” Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
“It is obvious that such a step taken by the Israeli military and political leadership following the assassination of a number of Hezbollah leaders will lead to a further escalation of violence in the Middle East region.”
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