Late on Monday evening, what is referred to as a “targeted ground invasion” by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) was a reality. This means that Israeli forces entered Lebanese territory. Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert is at Najdah General Hospital in the city of Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon. He fears the consequences of the invasion. – It will probably be extremely bloody. Fears bloody ground invasion in Lebanon The hospital already has a number of patients after the pager attack, now they are on high alert and preparing to receive injured patients, says Gilbert. – The operating theaters are ready, the ambulances are queuing to move and all planned work has stopped. He will be here on a humanitarian mission for the next few weeks. Doctors treat a patient at Najdah General Hospital, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. Photo: Mads Gilbert During the interview, which was conducted on Monday, intense sounds can be heard in the background. According to Gilbert, it is Israeli drones and planes that attack various targets. Gilbert said that he was present during the Lebanon war in 1982 and fears that the attacks will now be more brutal. – For everyone who is killed, it says that many are left behind. He calls the attack on Lebanon “openly contrary to international law attacks on civilians”. Syrian refugees who fled villages in southern Lebanon seek refuge in a car park in Saida, Lebanon. Photo: Aziz Taher / Reuters Gilbert emphasizes that Lebanese society has long been in a difficult economic situation with extreme inflation, in addition to the fact that the country has housed refugees from Syria and Palestine. Iran is restrained The day after the terrorist attack on 7 October, Hezbollah started firing rockets into northern Israel, including Haifa, the third largest city in Israel. About 60,000 Israelis have fled their homes. According to the IDF, the goal is to move the Shia Muslim militia from the border area to reduce rocket attacks, in addition to significantly weakening the militia. To date, large parts of the military leadership in the movement have been eliminated. Tormod Heier, professor at the Norwegian Defense College, believes that the Israeli forces will not go that far into the country, and that the aim is to provoke rocket attacks from Hezbollah. Tormod Heier, professor at the Norwegian Defense Academy, says that Israel will provoke more attacks to find Hezbollah. Photo: Frode Fjerdingstad / news – Then it will be even easier for Israeli intelligence to find the remaining shipping bases and the remaining infrastructure, which Israeli aircraft have already attacked for a long time, says Heier. According to the professor, there is little danger that Lebanese forces will get involved. They have already moved north in the country after the Israeli forces invaded the southern cities. It does not look like Iran will stand up for the militia, says Heier. A man takes a picture with his mobile phone of the ruins of buildings, after an attack from Israel. Picture from a suburb in the south of Beirut, Lebanon. Photo: Hassan Ammar / AP – Based on the events of the last few days, it is quite surprising that Iran is so reticent and has not become more involved on behalf of the militias that they use in their fight against Israel. It may indicate that it does not want to put its nuclear weapons program in jeopardy by being attacked itself or that it sees itself as weaker than it actually is. Israeli soldiers pray at a staging area in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, 1 October 2024. Photo: Baz Ratner / AP The latter may be based on the experiences from April when they fired rockets at Israel where most of them were destroyed, the professor explains. Lebanese authorities report that more than 1,000 have been killed in the last two weeks. In the last 24 hours, at least 95 people have been killed, and more than 170 injured. Published 01.10.2024, at 10.19
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