Israel says military shifting attention to Lebanon border
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Israel’s military is shifting its attention from Gaza to the border with Lebanon.
Touring northern Israel on Tuesday, Gallant said Israel has scaled back its activities in Gaza, where it has been fighting a war against Hamas for nearly a year, and turned its focus to Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
"Our strongholds are moving from the south to the north, we are gradually changing, we still have a number of missions in the south," Gallant told troops.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in almost daily fighting since Oct. 7, raising fears of a broader regionwide war. Those fears have grown as Hezbollah has vowed retaliation for an Israeli strike in Beirut last month that killed a top Hezbollah commander.
Hezbollah launched more than 120 projectiles towards northern Israel on Tuesday, causing damage to a home and sparking a number of fires. Israel said it was striking the source of the launches.
More than 500 people have been killed in Lebanon, including at least 100 civilians. In Israel, 23 soldiers and 26 civilians have been killed.
Source: Associated Press
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