Shlomi (EFE).- The head of Operations of the second brigade of the Israeli Army, Ariye Hominer, assured this Monday that the troops have found numerous tunnels and arsenal of the Shiite group Hezbollah near positions of the UNIFIL, the peace mission of the UN in Lebanon, during its operations in the south of the country.
“It is surprising that, despite the number of UN forces bases, we have found so much Hezbollah infrastructure: tunnels, arsenal… right under the noses of the blue helmets. “How is it possible?” Hominer criticized during a visit to the troops in the Israeli town of Shlomi, adjacent to the border with Lebanon.
Shlomi is one of the cities in the Israeli Galilee that have become closed military zones in which troops prepare for their operations in Lebanese territory since the Hebrew State invaded the south of the neighboring country on October 1.
There, the military spokesperson defends the good communication of the Israeli Army with the UNIFIL, after this was called into question by the various incidents between the Hebrew troops against positions of this UN mission that so far left at least five blue helmets injured.
However, the military man assures that “the UN mandate is not doing the work it should be doing” in Lebanon.
Attacks on Lebanon
Hominer also said that Israel will not cease its attacks on Lebanon – which, in addition to the ground invasion, consist of a bombing campaign that began on September 23 – until it meets the objective of returning displaced Israelis from nearby communities. to the border of the neighboring country.
“Hopefully it will be soon, but we are not limited by time or space,” he said.
Throughout the day, the armed forces have detected the launch of more than 110 rockets from Lebanon aimed at Israel, although the majority have been intercepted or have fallen in open spaces.
“A drone that was approaching Israeli territory from Lebanon was intercepted by the Air Force” before entering the country, according to a military statement around 3:00 p.m. local time (12:00 GMT), this being the fifth unidentified aerial vehicle shot down by the armed forces today.
Some 60,000 Israelis were displaced from northern Israel when the exchange of fire between the Army and Hezbollah began on October 8 last year, in a gesture of solidarity by the Shiite group with the Palestinians after the start of the war in Gaza.
On the other hand, more than 1.2 million Lebanese have been displaced by Israeli bombings and the death toll from these attacks in more than a year exceeds 2,500, the majority since Israel intensified its offensive in September.
