Israel has begun preparing citizens for war vs. Hezbollah: The IDF has been ordered to start work on media campaign to prepare Israelis for major war, instruct population on emergency & protective measures, in case of large assault against Israel’s home front.
Senior Israeli officials have held and are continuing to hold exercises to prepare for large-scale war on multiple fronts.
Defense Minister Gallant warns Hezbollah: The IDF can quickly step up attacks in Lebanon.
The risk of escalation is now BEYOND very high. It appears a decision has been made to go to full scale war against Hezbollah.
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Israel TV Channel 2: Great pressure from Ben Gvir to attack Lebanon. Netanyahu does not prefer this option, and many officials believe that the battle with Hezbollah will make Israeli army pay a great price.
EGYPT PREPARES
Egypt is preparing an area at border with Gaza that can accommodate about 100,000 Palestinians if an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier.
As shown in the video below, heavy and urgent construction is presently underway to build a walled-off area south of Gaza, in Egypt's Sinai Desert.
Large numbers of tents have been delivered to that area, as bulldozers level the ground and excavators dig trenches for pre-fab cement walls.
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Nasrallah: "The enemy’s goal in killing civilians is to pressure the resistance to stop, because all pressure since October 7 was aimed at stopping the southern front.
The answer to the massacre must be to continue and escalate the work on the front.
Targeting the Kiryat Shmona settlement with dozens of Katyusha rockets and a number of “Al-Falaq” missiles is an initial response.
To our women and children in Nabatieh, Al-Sowanah and others, the enemy will pay the price for shedding their blood, in blood.
The price of civilian blood will be blood, not sites.
The resistance in Lebanon possesses enormous and accurate missile capabilities that extend from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat."
