The Israeli military has prepared an invasion plan for Lebanon, as a months-long cross-border clash with Hezbollah shows signs of exploding into a full-fledged war.
Israel and Hezbollah have traded bloody blows since the 1980s, but this latest round of fighting began in the hours after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel. While much of Israel’s attention had turned south to the renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah started shelling northern Israel with rockets and artillery fired from positions in southern Lebanon.
