Israeli authorities have not yet decided whether to conducted a limited ground operation on the border with Lebanon, the TV channel ABC News reported, citing its sources.
According to the interlocutors of the channel, however, the attacks of the Israeli army have already started or are about to start. If the operation is carried out, its scale will most likely be limited. The main goal of the Jewish state is to ensure that displaced residents in northern Israel can return home, and for that it is not enough to kill the secretary general of the Shiite movement Hezbollah. Hassan Nasrullah, ABC News adds.
One of the channel's interlocutors noted that US interests in the Middle East “could suffer significantly” if American officials completely lose contact with their Israeli counterparts.
On September 23, Israel launched massive airstrikes against Hezbollah military targets. in Lebanon as part of the "Arrows of the North" operation. The movement's secretary general, Hassan Nasrullah, was assassinated in Beirut on September 27. September 28 Hezbollah officially confirmed his death. US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the highest government post, supported the actions of Israeli forces.