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The Israeli military launched what it described as a “limited, localized” ground offensive into Lebanon on Monday in a bid to dislodge Hezbollah from the country’s south. The operations marked yet another escalation in Israel’s dramatically expanded campaign against the Iran-backed militant group.

In recent weeks, Israel also succeeded in decimating Hezbollah’s communication networks by detonating thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by the group, as well as killed several members of the group’s senior leadership, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday. Iran fired back on Tuesday, launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, further heightening concerns of an all-out regional war.

The Israeli military launched what it described as a “limited, localized” ground offensive into Lebanon on Monday in a bid to dislodge Hezbollah from the country’s south. The operations marked yet another escalation in Israel’s dramatically expanded campaign against the Iran-backed militant group.

In recent weeks, Israel also succeeded in decimating Hezbollah’s communication networks by detonating thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by the group, as well as killed several members of the group’s senior leadership, including longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday. Iran fired back on Tuesday, launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, further heightening concerns of an all-out regional war.

Israel’s campaign in Lebanon has revealed its extensive penetration of Hezbollah, helping to redeem the reputation of the country’s intelligence services, which were left reeling by their failure to prevent Hamas’s bloody incursion on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israel has “completely changed the game in their extensive intelligence” on Hezbollah, said Paul........

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