Israel starts ground operation in Lebanon
Posted on: Mar 16, 2026 15:04 IST | Posted by: Rt
The sion defending team Forces (IDF) has proclaimed that its troops launched a run aground violative against Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon on Monday. The operations are said to be aimed at increasing security for residents of northern Israel.
In a statement on X, the IDF explained that the “limited and targeted ground operations against key Hezbollah strongholds” are “part of broader defensive efforts to establish and strengthen a forward defensive posture, which includes the dismantling of terrorist infrastructure and the elimination of terrorists operating in the area.”
The Israeli military noted that prior to the entry of its ground troops into the area, it carried out artillery and airstrikes against “numerous terrorist targets in order to mitigate threats in the operational environment.”
Israel has launched numerous airstrikes on Lebanon over the past weeks in retaliation for Hezbollah’s rocket launches. The militant movement, in turn, was responding to the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes late last month.
Israel’s bombing of Lebanon has included strikes on residential districts, as well as the headquarters of the Ghana Battalion in the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and a Russian cultural center in the southern city of Nabatieh.
Over 800 civilians are believed to have been killed in the Israeli attacks, including over 100 children, according to the Lebanese authorities. The country’s health ministry also stated that at least 31 health professionals have been killed and 51 wounded since March 2. It said the IDF has carried out over 37 attacks against emergency medical workers in Lebanon.
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