Israel Launches Limited Land Attack Wearing 'Utern Arrows' Operation Of 'Operation' To South Lebanon

Defense Minister Gallant met Israeli troops in the northern border area on Monday 30 September. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military said its army forces had started limited, localized, and targeted attacks on Hezbollah in the southern Lebanese border region.

In a statement they said the target was located in villages near the border and posed a direct threat to people in northern Israel.

The Israeli air force and artillery support ground forces with targeted attacks on military targets, the statement said.

"The operation was approved and implemented in accordance with the decisions of the state's political authorities," he said.

In the announcement of the targeted ground attack in southern Lebanon, Israel said operations codenamed the 'Operation Northern Arrows', would continue in accordance with its assessment of the situation and "in line with fighting in Gaza and in other arenas."

The Israeli military said it was operating under "a methodical plan set by the General Staff and Northern Command that IDF soldiers had trained and prepared in recent months."

"IDF continues to operate to achieve war goals and do everything necessary to defend Israelis and return northern Israelis to their homes," he said.

Earlier Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told the head of the local council in northern Israel the next phase of the war along the southern Lebanese border would soon begin, and would support the goal of bringing home Israelis who had fled the Hezbollah rocket for nearly a year of border warfare.