Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said on Tuesday that the ongoing tension with the Hezbollah group on the border with Lebanon has brought matters closer to military escalation.
He added in a statement after his meeting with the US special envoy to Lebanon Amos Hookstein“We are committed to the diplomatic process, but Hezbollah’s aggression brings us closer to a critical point in making a decision regarding military activities towards Lebanon.”
In the latest developments in the escalation, he said: Hizb allah He was targeted Merkava tank In the Natawa area, a guided missile was fired.
He added in a statement: “We hit it directly and left its crew dead and wounded.”
A Sky News Arabia correspondent reported that there was an Israeli artillery shelling on the vicinity of the town of Al-Wazzani in the eastern sector south of Lebanon.
Israeli media reported that “rocket shells landed in the vicinity Kiryat Shmona There was damage to property and no reports of injuries.”
The American envoy, Amos Hockstein, confirmed on Monday in Beirut that “the diplomatic solution is the only way out” to stop the escalation between Lebanon and Lebanon.Israel“After about five months of almost daily exchange of bombardment across the border between the two sides.
He said during a press conference: “You believe United State “The diplomatic solution is the only way out to end the current hostilities,” adding that “a temporary ceasefire is not enough.”
He added that if a “limited war” broke out across Lebanon’s southern border, it would not be “containable.”
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