Israel plans quick raids, not mass invasion-source
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-22 11:52
JERUSALEM, July 22 - The Israeli army intends to step up pinpoint
incursions into southern Lebanon but not launch a mass invasion, an Israeli
military source said on Saturday.
"You should not expect a full-scale incursion into Lebanon," the military
source said.
"We are already inside Lebanon and troops will continue to operate there
because it is the only way to act against the Hizbollah bunkers there," the
source said.
Israel on Friday ordered several thousand reserve soldiers to report for duty
in a possible sign that the army was massing for a ground invasion of southern
Lebanon to try to drive Hizbollah fighters away from the border.
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