Israeli Defense Minister: Israeli army may launch "immediate" attack on Hezbollah

On July 18th, local time on the 17th, Israeli Defense Minister Galant said during a visit to Israeli reserve forces in the north of the country that the Israeli army may launch an attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon "immediately". In his speech, Galant said that Israel is "facing a crossroads in decision-making," because the situation may change rapidly, the focus of Israeli military operations may shift from Gaza to Lebanon, and the action will come quickly, unexpectedly and very intensely. Galant said that the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon has nothing to do with Israel's military operations in Gaza. If the Lebanese Hezbollah armed forces are willing to reach an agreement with Israel and withdraw from the temporary border area between the two sides to the area north of Lebanon's Litani River, Israel can accept the agreement and not consider military means.