War in Lebanon: the specter of an Israeli occupation of the south of the country looms

Published on 2/10/2024 at 7:08 p.m.
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Correspondent in Beirut

Dsnippets of information, but already, the echo of violent fighting. Two days after the start of Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, the belligerents communicate little, except to report their slim victories. The Israeli army claimed, on its X account, to have “eliminated terrorists and dismantled infrastructure”, including “a missile launcher, stocks of explosives, and other military equipment”, supporting photos. For its part, Hezbollah assured during a tour for journalists in the destroyed neighborhoods of the southern suburbs of Beirut “that the resistance pushed back the Israeli forces and caused victims in their ranks”.

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