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IDF Expected Hizbullah to Join the War
(Ynet News) Elisha Ben Kimon - IDF officials said, "Our working assumption was that fighting with Iran could draw Hizbullah into the war. Northern Command fully prepared for this scenario. There was no surprise from our side. There were orderly plans and advance preparations. The combination of strikes on Iran and Hizbullah will give the IDF a unique window of opportunity in which conditions may emerge to dismantle Hizbullah." "The IDF began with a preemptive strike targeting command-and-control components and senior Hizbullah figures across Lebanon. The IDF continues to strike everything connected to the Iranian axis, including its economic infrastructure and senior operatives." Hizbullah is firing from locations known to the Israeli military, they added, noting that nearly 40 launchers have already been struck. "Every threat to Israel will be removed immediately." A series of operations carried out in recent days, and planned in the coming days, are intended to ensure a forward security zone that is demilitarized and cleared of civilians and enemy forces. "This is a type of defensive buffer that gives us high confidence in our goal of avoiding the evacuation of [Israeli] residents," an official said.