Israel has avoided attacking Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group in the latest round of fighting, to avoid a wider-scale conflict, Channel 12 reports.
The IDF has focused its counterstrikes on the Hamas terror group, including Hamas targets in Lebanon.
Senior security officials have told government ministers that Hezbollah was taking measures to show it was not involved.
Mossad chief David Barnea, however, supported counterattacks against Hezbollah, the report says.
The Axios and Walla news sites also report that Israel is trying to avoid escalating hostilities with Hezbollah, fearing the fighting could broaden into precision strikes on Israeli cities and outright war with Hezbollah.
The reports also say the IDF and Mossad differed in their approach, with the Mossad favoring action against Hezbollah as well as against Hamas.
Government ministers supported the IDF’s position of focusing on Hamas, Axios reports.
The report says Hezbollah communicated to Israel through international mediators that it wasn’t involved in rocket fire from Lebanon.
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