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Amid heightened tensions with Hezbollah, IDF deploys 98th Division to northern Israel

By Emanuel Fabian 18 September 2024, 12:22 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

The IDF’s 98th Division is being deployed to northern Israel amid heightened tensions with Hezbollah, after months of operations in the Gaza Strip under the Southern Command.

The paratroopers and commando division will now join the 36th Division under the Northern Command.

The 98th Division, with approximately 10,000 to 20,000 troops, was withdrawn from southern Gaza’s Khan Younis in late August.

The move comes amid fears of a wider conflict in Lebanon after Israel allegedly caused thousands of Hezbollah pagers to explode yesterday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000.

IDF troops with the 98th Division are seen operating in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip in this undated handout photo published on August 30, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

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