By Hezbollah to pay ‘increasingly heavy price’ for attacks on Israel, asserts IDF
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will continue to respond to shelling attacks from Lebanese territory, IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari said, noting that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based radical Shiite movement, will have to pay “an increasingly heavy price” for the attacks.
“Earlier, two civilians were killed in a missile attack against a civilian house in Kfar Yuval,” the military official said. “Hezbollah is a murderous terrorist organization that kills civilians. We will not allow harm to civilians; the price for this will not only be extracted tonight but also in the future,” he added. “In the last hour, we struck Hezbollah military targets in Lebanon. We continue to damage the organization’s capabilities and extract an increasingly heavy price,” the spokesman said. “We are determined to change the security situation in the north and, in parallel, remain focused on Gaza – where the hostages are held,” Hagari added.
Two Israelis were killed on January 14 when the country’s northern borderline region was shelled. Later, the IDF delivered retaliatory strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, according to the army press service.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has no plans to pull out from Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip or from any other part of the embattled Palestinian enclave, IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari clarified. “We do not intend to back down from Khan Yunis or any other place. The military operation takes time,” he said. “We are working in collaboration with the ISA (the Israel Securities Authority) to eliminate the Hamas leadership. Every day we evaluate our actions and strive to excel further,” the spokesman added.
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