US Intel Warns Israel Determined To Invade Lebanon In ‘Coming Months’

Washington and Paris have been pushing a de-escalation proposal, which Lebanon views as one-sided and unsatisfactory

Israel is reportedly considering launching a ground operation in southern Lebanon in the spring or early summer if diplomatic efforts to push Hezbollah away from the border fail.

“We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the coming months,” an anonymous US official told CNN on 29 February.

“Not necessarily imminently in the next few weeks but perhaps later this spring. An Israeli military operation is a distinct possibility,” the official said.

“I think what Israel is doing is they are raising this threat in the hope that there will be a negotiated agreement. Some Israeli officials suggest that it is more of an effort at creating a threat that they can utilize. Others speak of it more as a military necessity that’s going to happen.”

Another US official said that there are elements of the Israeli government that support a ground operation in southern Lebanon, but others who do not. The second official added that any such operation could result in an unprecedented escalation.

According to CNN, there is also a possibility that the current Israeli aerial campaign against Lebanon could expand.

This could reach “much further north into populated areas of Lebanon and eventually grow to a ground component as well,” a third source familiar with US intelligence told the outlet.

Israel has escalated its attacks on Lebanon recently. In response, the resistance group has widened its target range and struck deeper into the occupied Israeli north.

🔗Source: The Cradle

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