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IDF Pushes Fight beyond Lebanon Border to Protect Northern Towns
(Ynet News) Yair Kraus - Every night, Israeli forces carried out raids in villages in southern Lebanon near the border, encountering small Hizbullah terrorist cells armed with anti-tank missiles. The risk of terrorist infiltration into Israel is now considered far lower due to the scale of forces deployed and the forward positioning of Israeli troops beyond civilian areas inside enemy territory. IDF officials say the campaign against Hizbullah will not be short and will not be limited by a fixed timeline. The goal is to push the fighting deeper into enemy territory and clear it from within, similar to operations carried out in Gaza. "What we were afraid to do for years, we are now doing," said Lt.-Col. D, a reserve battalion commander.