The Israeli army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, escalated his tone in a post on the “X” platform, as events on the ground accelerated.
Adraee wrote: “If I had known”… every Hezbollah fighter will say it with regret and acknowledge the grave mistake committed in the name of the “devouring storm”, when he sees the cities turning into rubble, and realizes that his wrong assessments will open the gates of hell to those whom he promised victory and safety.
Adraee added, “A moment of regret will come too late, when the gambler realizes that the price was not just a round, but a dark fate under the weight of a decision that he did not read the consequences.”
This verbal escalation coincides with a noticeable field escalation, as Israeli warplanes carried out a series of violent air strikes targeting several towns in the south at dawn today.
A reporter stated that a raid targeted a house in the town of Shaqra, and another raid targeted the town of Safad al-Batikh, then the targeting circle extended to include the towns of Jabshit and the outskirts of Taybeh, al-Sharqiya, and Zefta, in addition to Habbush and al-Jabal al-Rafi’i in Iqlim al-Tuffah, leading to the targeting of a house in Burj al-Shamali, and intermittent bombing of the entrances to Shehin and Marwahin, with the continued displacement movement towards Sidon and Beirut.
This is happening amid an increasing frequency of air strikes launched by the Israeli army for days, targeting various areas in the south, the Bekaa, and Beirut, in parallel with artillery shelling and an intensification of drone flights, which indicates a dangerous escalation in the intensity of the confrontations.
