Signoff on planning for a Lebanon offensive follows release of Hezbollah drone footage of Haifa in northern Israel
was coming soon, as Israel generals announced late on Tuesday that they had signed off planning for an offensive into Lebanon.
Katz’s comments came as the IDF said on Tuesday that it had approved Lebanon battle plans. The IDF said the generals held an assessment, during which “operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved” including “accelerating the readiness of the forces on the ground”. Hezbollah has sent surveillance and attack drones into Israel in the past eight months as it exchanges fire with the Israeli military in parallel to theThe decision to broadcast the footage, which had images of residential and military sites in and around Haifa, including port facilities, appeared aimed as much at an Israeli audience as at a wider international one.
Experts have assessed that Hezbollah is using a combination of tactics to avoid its drones being detected, including flying low and using multiple channels to avoid jamming technology. The disclosure of the footage appeared to be timed to coincide with the visit of the US envoy Amos Hochstein to Lebanon after meeting senior Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the day before.
Despite Hochstein’s visit to the region, there appeared to be little evidence of a breakthrough in efforts to reduce tension on the boundary between Israel and Lebanon. Reports in Israel have suggested Hochstein did not see any prospect for significant movement while the war in Gaza was continuing.
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