The Israeli occupation army announced an intensification of its military operations in Lebanese territories, indicating that it targeted more than 3,500 sites during the last month of the ongoing aggression. Military sources claimed that these strikes hit infrastructure, weapons depots, and command centers belonging to Hezbollah, alleging the elimination of about a thousand fighters during this period.
In contrast, the Lebanese Ministry of Health revealed a horrific toll from the Israeli aggression, confirming the martyrdom of more than 1,345 citizens and the injury of over 4,000 others. Official data clarified that the victims include hundreds of children and women, in addition to direct targeting of the health sector, which resulted in the martyrdom of 53 of its workers.
In a significant development, media reports quoted a senior official in the occupation army admitting the difficulty of achieving the stated goals of the war in the north. The official affirmed that the idea of completely disarming Hezbollah is an unrealistic goal, given that achieving it requires full military control over all Lebanese territories.
The military official indicated that the army is currently seeking to reconcile the ceiling of expectations set by the Israeli government with the actual capabilities on the ground. These statements appear to aim at preparing Israeli public opinion for outcomes that may not align with the political promises made by government ministers regarding the complete elimination of the party's capabilities.
The same sources revealed a military directive to present a systematic plan to the political level for the comprehensive destruction of Lebanese villages located on the contact line. The plan aims to level all buildings and facilities to the ground within a range of up to three kilometers from the border, with the goal of creating a buffer zone to prevent the return of residents or fighters.
Field data indicates that the occupation army has already begun implementing parts of this plan through extensive demolition operations of homes in front-line villages. These operations affect second-tier villages that were not within the direct destruction circle in previous confrontations, reflecting a desire to change the geographical and demographic reality of the region.
Informed sources reported that these military movements reflect a divergence of views between the military leadership and Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz. While the political level issues sharp statements about decisive victory, the military leadership tries to formulate more achievable goals from a purely security and operational perspective.
Observers believe that the talk of destroying villages 3 kilometers deep represents a shift from verbal threats to executive plans whose features have begun to appear in the field. This strategy relies on a scorched-earth policy to ensure that no infrastructure can be used in the future in areas near the Israeli border.
The Israeli official also explained that the lack of trust in the ability of the Lebanese government or the Lebanese army to control the situation in the south reinforces the Israeli tendency towards direct destruction. He considered that relying on diplomatic solutions for disarmament until the 'last missile' is something that cannot be depended upon given the current data.
Israeli military operations continue to claim the lives of Lebanese civilians and destroy public and private property, amid international warnings of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Reports from the south confirm that the extent of destruction in some border towns has reached unprecedented levels due to the use of heavy explosives in systematic demolition operations.
We will not succeed in disarming Hezbollah because that requires occupying all of Lebanon, which is naturally unrealistic.
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Israeli Acknowledgment of Difficulty in Disarming Hezbollah and a Plan to Destroy Border Villages 3 Kilometers Deep