Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant signaled that the Isarael Defense Forces still plan to move its troops into Lebanon, telling the army, “We will use all of our capabilities—including you.”
"That is what we will do, and we will deploy whatever is needed—you, other forces, from the air, from the sea, and from the land," he told the soldiers deployed to the north of Israel on Monday, further sparking fears of a ground invasion all-out war with Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, the first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict damaged an apartment building early on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding 16.
The ground invasion appeared to begin early on Tuesday as the Israeli military began "limited" raids against Hezbollah targets.
Residents in the Lebanese border town of Aita al-Shaab reported heavy shelling and the sound of helicopters and drones overhead.
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