‘We are on the eve of a fateful campaign in Lebanon,’ security official tells outlet

A senior security official tells Ynet: “We are on the eve of a fateful campaign in Lebanon which will determine the future of both countries.”

“There is a security discussion right now,” says the official. “The campaign in Lebanon is going to expand significantly.”

The official says that the expanded campaign will include the call-up of more reservists.

“Hezbollah, in its calculations, wants to turn our attention away from Iran, and thinks that if it draws us in, we will take our foot off the gas in the campaign against Iran,” says the official. Hezbollah, the official continues, “wants to create a new balance in which Israel’s enforcement policy in Lebanon ends, and we don’t attack at all. That won’t happen. Therefore, this is heading toward a serious escalation.”

“We have more capabilities and tools, and we can conduct campaigns in parallel against Iran and against Lebanon,” says the official.

The official tells Ynet that the Lebanese government is not affecting Hezbollah’s behavior in any way.

According to Channel 12, Israel has sent a warning to Lebanon’s government through the US and Western countries that if Beirut doesn’t rein in Hezbollah, Israel will attack national infrastructure.