IDF RELEASES NEW VIDEO TO DEFLECT CRITICISM OF ATTACKS ON LEBANON’S POPULATION

Thu 26 September 2024:

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has released a video explaining its strikes deep inside Lebanon where it alleged Hezbollah had hidden weapons in populated areas.

The IDF said Hezbollah has been hiding weapons inside Lebanese homes.

“For the last 20 years, Hezbollah built its terror network within population centres in Lebanon – primarily throughout southern Lebanon, an area that they turned almost entirely into a launch pad to attack Israel,” the IDF said.

“Hezbollah doesn’t want you to watch this video. And they really don’t want you to share it,” it said in the video posted on X.

The IDF’s video is being seen as an effort to ward off criticism over attacks in populated areas in Lebanon.

“The IDF has launched a defensive operation against the Hezbollah terror organisation by conducting precise intelligence-based strikes on hundreds of Hezbollah targets. Our goal is to thwart imminent attacks planned by Hezbollah who intended to use the very weapons that we destroyed – at Israeli homes,” the IDF said.

“Our goal is to make sure that Israeli families can safely and securely return to their homes,” it said.

Hezbollah doesn’t want you to watch this video.

And they really don’t want you to share it. pic.twitter.com/aN9kE42a2L

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 26, 2024

Israel has pounded Lebanon since Monday morning, killing at least 640 people and injuring over 2,500 others, according to figures released by the Health Ministry.

The US, EU, and nine other nations called on Israel and Hezbollah late Wednesday to agree to a 21-day cease-fire amid an escalation in their cross-border warfare.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, denied media reports that he agreed to the proposed cease-fire, saying that he ordered his army to keep striking Lebanon with full force.

The premier also said that the Israeli war in Gaza will continue “until all goals of the war are achieved.”

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