Declassified footage shows Israel's raids inside Lebanon to stop Hezbollah invasion

In one of the raids, soldiers discovered a map 'marking Israeli settlements, IDF posts, access roads and attack targets that Hezbollah planned to conquer,' says IDF spokesman

(Oct. 1, 2024 / JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces revealed on Tuesday that it had carried out dozens of secret ground operations into Southern Lebanon over the past year to reduce Hezbollah’s war-making capability, destroying the terror group’s tunnels and hidden weapons caches.

The raids were part of an effort to prepare for the larger ground operation, which got underway this morning. The goal was to cripple Hezbollah’s ability to invade Israel.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told press that IDF forces discovered more details of Hezbollah’s plan to invade northern Israel, which was to be spearheaded by the group’s Radwan Force.

Israel killed Ibrahim Aqil, the head of the terror group’s special operations unit, on Sept. 20.

Holding up a map, Hagari said: “We found this map inside one of the compounds that our fighters raided. It is a map that Hezbollah planned to give to its terrorists during a broad infiltration into the territory of the State of Israel as part of the ‘Plan to occupy the Galilee.'”