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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-821158
IDF Begins Ground Operation in Southern Lebanon
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - IDF soldiers entered southern Lebanon as part of a ground assault on Monday night. "The IDF began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hizbullah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon," Israel's military said Tuesday. The IDF ground invasion moved ahead much faster than expected as signs of Hizbullah's weakness grew in recent days. Senior IDF sources have been extremely surprised at how ineffective Hizbullah has been at responding to the onslaught against it over the last two weeks. They also said that a significant majority of Hizbullah's capability to retaliate has been harmed. Israel is sensitive to U.S. concerns to not be viewed as occupiers in Lebanon and to only frame the invasion in terms of restoring UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which obligated Hizbullah to remain north of the Litani River. The IDF has destroyed a wide range of long-range and medium-range missiles and rockets, which could threaten Haifa and Tel Aviv. Further, the IDF eliminated the commander of Hizbullah's medium-range rocket array, Eid Hassan, the military said Monday. Several other top Hizbullah rocket and drone commanders have been targeted in recent days.