Where things stand on Israel’s ground inva­sion into Lebanon

Where things stand on Israel’s ground invasion into Lebanon

Israeli forces have begun local­ized ground oper­a­tions in south­ern Lebanon, the lat­est devel­op­ment in their con­flict with Hezbol­lah, which could engulf the region.

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari acknowl­edged on Tues­day for the first time that Israel has car­ried out “dozens of tar­get­ed oper­a­tions near the bor­der” in south­ern Lebanon over the course of the con­flict, which has gone on for near­ly a year.

Israel has esca­lat­ed its war against Hezbol­lah this month as a way to try and end Hezbollah’s attacks for good. They have car­ried out sig­nif­i­cant num­bers of strike …