IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin on Monday said that it was still possible that the IDF might invade southern Lebanon in response to Hezbollah‘s rocket attacks overnight.
Defrin did not commit to such an invasion, but notably did not rule it out.
The IDF chief spokesman emphasized that the IDF had ordered the evacuation of over 50 southern Lebanese villages overnight.
Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem is now in the IDF’s crosshairs
Minutes after Defrin finished his press conference, Defense Minister Israel Katz posted that Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem is now in the IDF’s crosshairs.
Defrin said that the IDF had already killed several top Hezbollah commanders, including in Beirut, and struck dozens of other Hezbollah positions.
Sources told The Jerusalem Post Monday morning that even though Hezbollah had not struck anyone in Israel with its overnight attacks, the IDF was punishing the group with continued attacks going forward and would not be satisfied with the initial overnight response.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-888478
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