Don't tell us 'Hezbollah is deterred': Israeli media

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
15 Jan 2024 04:56
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An opinion piece published in the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom expresses frustration over the situation on the northern borders amid Hezbollah's continued operations there.

Israeli occupation soldiers take part in a military rescue exercise in Upper al-Jalil near the Lebanon border on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

An opinion piece published in the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, titled Don't tell us that 'Hezbollah is deterred', touched on the ongoing crisis faced by Israeli settlers in the northern regions of occupied Palestine.

This crisis, known in "Israel" as the "northern front crisis" with Hezbollah, has intensified after the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, as northern settlements were evacuated and settlers were relocated to other areas due to the perceived threat of the operations of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah.

The report claimed that in recent weeks, Hezbollah has targeted the homes of residents on the northern borders. The newspaper's correspondent in northern Palestine dared "ministers, cabinet members, and general staff units to ask their family members if any of them are willing to move to residences on the northern borders."

According to the report, during the weekend, it was said that Israelis who resided in settlements located 3.5 kilometers from the borders with Lebanon would be allowed to return to their residences, but the Israeli occupation military later denied this.

Before the news was denied, settlers "fearing the day they might be asked to return to their settlements felt pressure and anxiety upon hearing the rumors," the report indicated.

It recalled that American mediator Amos Hochstein traveled between Lebanon and "Israel" to ensure that Hezbollah does not target settlers returning to their residences," but a couple of days later, Hezbollah reportedly targeted settlers' residences on the northern borders, which turned the situation into "a deadly game of roulette."

الإعلام الحربي ينشر مشاهد من عملية استهداف المقاومة الإسلامية تجمع لجنود "جيش" الاحتلال الإسرائيلي داخل أحد المنازل في مستوطنة شتولا عند الحدود اللبنانية الفلسطينية.#لبنان #الميادين_لبنان pic.twitter.com/48ODA9vZEu
— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) January 13, 2024

After days that witnessed a decrease in the intensity of operations in the north, some claimed that "Hezbollah is deterred", however, the report continues, that as soon as things became clearer, the Lebanese Resistance group resurfaced.

"On October 7, we lost trust in the government and the army. Those who abandoned our brothers in the south are now abandoning us – we, the northern residents. We will not return home without a sense of security, a feeling that we determine," the newspaper's correspondent in northern Palestine expressed in his opinion piece.

Elsewhere, the correspondent concluded by saying that while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Yoav Gallant keep on threatening Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and promising that the Lebanese Resistance group has moved away from the fence with Lebanon, in the field, Hezbollah's "Radwan force is felt here every day."