The IDF reminded its men that this act constituted a “violation of orders» and recalled that “the war is against Hezbollah“, not against the Lebanese people.
The IDF on Saturday castigated Israeli soldiers who burned a Lebanese flag in southern Lebanon, saying it was a “violation of orders».
The scene, filmed, shows two soldiers burning the flag on a terrace in the presence of other Israeli soldiers who sing a song in Hebrew referring to a psalm with warlike overtones.
«We consider the act of some soldiers burning the Lebanese flag in southern Lebanon as a violation of orders, incompatible with the values of the defense forces and out of step with the objectives of our military activities in Lebanon.», Commented on the social network X (formerly Twitter) a spokesperson for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee. “Our war is against the terrorist Hezbollah“, he said.
Hezbollah accused of disrespecting the Lebanese flag
At war with Hamas since the unprecedented attack by commandos of the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7, 2023 on Israeli soil, Israel has expanded its military operations in Lebanon, where its army is fighting Hezbollah which has been bombing its territory since October 8. the same year.
Israel says it wants to eliminate the threats posed by the militiamen of the Lebanese Shiite movement, an ally of Hamas, and thus allow the inhabitants of the north of its territory to return home.
On Saturday, Colonel Adraee accused Hezbollah of itself disrespecting the Lebanese flag that some of its members, according to him, “have.”desecrated on numerous occasions».
The army spokesperson attached to his message a video purporting to show a Hezbollah member hoisted on a pole to throw away a Lebanese flag and replace it with another from his movement.
France
World
