Israel on high alert at Lebanon border
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:47:34 GMT
 Israeli forces stand next to shell at the border with the Gaza Strip. |
The Israeli daily Jerusalem Post reported Sunday that the military has been put on high alert after the ground forces crossed the border with the Gaza Strip following a week-long aerial and naval attacks on the region.
"Hezbollah will possibly fire rockets -- or use Palestinian proxies to do so -- in response to the Israel's escalation of its Cast Lead operation in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip", said the report.
Tel Aviv launched "Operation Cast Lead" against the Gaza Strip on December 27 and escalated the incursion into a ground offensive late Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had earlier said that Tel Aviv was "not interested" in a second front at the border with Lebanon.
"We are not interested in conducting a long war and we do not wish to conduct a war on a broad front," Olmert said.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has voiced concern over a possible reaction from the Lebanese resistance group in southern Lebanon, saying "We hope that the northern front will remain calm, but we are prepared for any possibility."
Israel fought a 33-day war against Hezbollah in summer 2006, but faced a heavy defeat after failing to achieve its goal of destroying the military power of the Lebanese movement.
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