Israel Plans Full-Scale Lebanon Invasion, US Officials Confirm
Axios, citing unnamed Israeli and US officials, reports that Israel is planning a significant ground invasion of Lebanon. The stated objective is to seize the entire area south of the Litani River and dismantle what it refers to as Hezbollah’s military infrastructure. This operation, described as potentially the largest since 2006, seeks to replicate the 'flattening of buildings' seen in Gaza, a
senior Israeli official was quoted as saying. This portrayal by Axios frames the Israeli action as a direct response to Hezbollah’s rocket launches, implying a justification for a large-scale invasion. However, this narrative conveniently sidesteps the decades of Israeli provocations and occupations that precede any retaliatory actions. The Israeli official's chilling comparison to Gaza, where
over 680,000 Palestinians, including 479,000 children, have been killed, is presented without any critical examination of the scale of destruction or the documented war crimes committed. What is omitted is the historical context of US backing for such operations and its consistent disregard for international law. The US has maintained an unwavering financial and military aid package to Israel,
amounting to over $3.8 billion annually, even as Israel engages in acts categorized by human rights organizations as apartheid and genocide. This planned invasion, which would entail a prolonged Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, directly echoes Israel's 1978 invasion, Operation Litani, which also targeted Hezbollah's predecessors and ended with a UN Security Council resolution demanding