What is the message behind the Israeli targeting in Mount Lebanon?

The Middle East

The Israeli targeting of a car in the Mount Lebanon area carries military and political dimensions, as an Israeli driver targeted a car near the Mahala Zarot Mosque between the towns of Jiyiyeh and Berja in the Al -Kharoub region of Mount Lebanon, about 60 kilometers from the border.

The incident raised questions about the intentions of Tel Aviv and its messages, while the deputy for the “democratic meeting” (the parliamentary bloc of the Progressive Socialist Party) stressed that “Israel does not exclude any region in Lebanon”, calling on the international community to intervene “to curb its minimalism.”

Shock
Security sources reported that the raid hit a civilian car on the old coastal road in a crowded residential area. The explosion in the towns of Burja and Waljiyyah has picked up the panic among the population. One of the people told Asharq Al -Awsat: “This is the first time we feel that the fire is approaching our homes, so we did not expect to strike the raids here.”

Fear is surprised in the towns of the region, and one of the sons of Jiyeh says to Asharq Al -Awsat: “This is a region on the coastal road, that is, an escalation here that may threaten the vital artery between Beirut and the south,” while another saw that “sectarian diversity in the region makes any confrontation more sensitive, and we fear that our region will turn into an additional battlefield.”

Representative Bilal Abdullah, the son of the region, confirmed in a radio interview that “this targeting clearly shows that Israel does not abide by a ceasefire, but rather gets all the Lebanese.” He added, “We are facing a minimum, which calls for serious international controls, if someone actually seeks to stabilize the region.”

Political messages
In his reading of the developments of the security scene in Lebanon, on Tuesday, the military expert, retired Brigadier General Khaled Hamada, told Asharq Al -Awsat that the expansion of the Israeli raids to the Lebanese depth falls within the framework of the “continuous assaults series”, noting that “the bombing that affected the Al -Kharoub region comes days after targeting the Hermel area far from the border, as well as the almost daily attacks in the south.”

Hamada said that “everything that the Lebanese state has done so far did not constitute an active paper in the hands of the American mediator to push Israel to make concessions,” noting that the government “made a decision, and agreed to the army’s plan, but it has not yet approved it in the cabinet, and it may have been waiting for its presentation on the American side in an effort to understand with it about the step mechanism in exchange for a step, including withdrawals or mutual concessions.”

He pointed out that the absence of a deadline for the end of the weapon file represents “a weak point in the army’s plan”, stressed that “the assignment to submit monthly reports does not mean a clear end of this process.” He added: “This ambiguity contributed to escalating violence and deepening its seriousness, whether through the leaflets that were distributed in the south or by targeting places that have been bombed.”

Evangelization and bombing in Aitron
At dawn on Tuesday in the south, an Israeli force sneaked to the Khanouk area in the outskirts of the town of Aitron. According to eyewitnesses, the force booby -trapped and bombed a destroyed room from a house that was destroyed in the recent war.

But the operation did not stop at the boundaries of the bombing, as the soldiers left paper leaflets in which he said: “This place was used by (Hezbollah) for terrorist activities that put you at risk … Do not allow them to return to this place.” The people promised this step to “revive the psychological warfare methods they knew during the years of the occupation in the eighties and nineties.”

Political dimension and exclusive arms
In parallel to field developments, MP Abdullah reminded of the recent government’s decision on the exclusive weapon in the hands of the state, saying: “Do not retract this decision, and the technical and time issue is in the custody of the Lebanese army, which has the confidence of all Lebanese.” He explained that “the plan developed by the army needs logistical and technical support, while the political cover is fully available.”

He pointed out that: “Until now we have not received any Israeli response to the American -Lebanese paper, and this reflects the insistence of Tel Aviv to escalate.” He called “the international and Arab community to help Lebanon to curb Israel and prevent its violations from continuing.”

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