Israel informs the US that it is preparing for a ground invasion of Lebanon

Israel has informed the United States that it plans to carry out an action.ground operations with limited rangeagainst Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, the US State Department said.

“I have seen some reports about ground operations. We’ve had some conversations with them. They told us these are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller explained at a news conference.

Miller added that it is up to Israel to provide more details about “the timing and purpose” of these operations.

In the same vein, the newspaper The Washington Post has reported that the military operation being prepared by Israel aims to destroy rocket launchers used by the Shiite group to attack cities in northern Israel.

The Israeli army stated on Monday “closed military zone“to several communities a few kilometers from the border with Lebanon, where everyone is denied entry.

It’s over the border communities of Metula, Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi. Both Metula, about six kilometers from the gorge, and the kibbutzim Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi, even closer, have been evacuated for almost a year, after the start of the crossfire with Hezbollah due to the war in Gaza. Schools, farms and homes have been abandoned following the displacement of some 60,000 Israelis from the northern border.

In these communities there are only community “self-defense” groups, arms of the military, made up of reservists from the area who would be in charge of protecting their villages in the event of an attack.

Israel launches heavy artillery bombardment on the Lebanese border town of Wazzani

Late in the afternoon it was learned that Israel launched an intense artillery bombardment on the Lebanese town of Wazzani, near the Israeli region declared a ‘closed military zone’ by the Israeli army.

The areas of Wazzani and Khiam, in the Markhayoune district, are being targeted by Israeli shells, according to eyewitnesses quoted by the Lebanese newspaper ‘L’Orient-Le Jour’.

EU, US and UN

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has claimed that “diplomacy remains the best and only possible path” to resolving the conflict in the Middle East. the same thing that the High Representative of the European Union has asked forJosep Borrell, after the emergency meeting of the 27.

The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continues “its positions” in the border areas with Israel, amid expectations that Israeli forces will soon enter Lebanese territory to confront the Shia group Hezbollah, which has already declared that it “prepared for a land confrontation“.

For its part, the Pentagon has announced a additional troop deployment in the Middle East.

Lebanon allows crossing the border to leave the country without a passport

On the other hand, Lebanon’s Director General of Security, General Elias al Bisari, announced this evening that leaving the country through all land borders and airports is allowed with simple identification, without the need for a valid passport.

Lebanese citizens will therefore be able to leave the country with their identity card, a civil registry card or a family booklet, but also with an expired passport, according to the Lebanese news agency NNA.