Israel-Lebanon latest: Fierce fighting as Israeli troops begin invasion and Hezbollah missiles target Tel Aviv

Israel has mobilised four reserve brigades and additional forces and is sending them to the northern sector after launching an invasion into Lebanon.

In a statement on X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli military said:  “In accordance with the assessment of the situation, it was decided to mobilise four reserve brigades and additional forces for the operational tasks in the northern sector.

“Their recruitment will allow the continuation of the fighting effort against the terrorist organisation Hezbollah and the achievement of the goals of the war, including the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes.”

Israel has claimed in a declassified military report that they discovered Hezbollah plans to invade over the border and “carry out its 7 October”, a reference to the deadly Hamas attack last year.

The report, as we earlier reported, also claimed Israel had neutralised around 700 military sites used by Hezbollah to stage this alleged attack.

“For decades, Hezbollah built terrorist and fighting infrastructures in the villages near the border, through which it planned to penetrate Israeli territory and carry out its October 7,” the report read.

“The map that Hezbollah planned to use as part of the ‘plan to conquer the Galilee’ was found inside one of the compounds that our fighters raided.”

It did not, however, release this plan. Below, you can see military spokesperson Daniel Hagari detail their findings from the report.

Israeli forces have been carrying out raids into southern Lebanon for months, uncovering Hezbollah tunnels and weapon caches under homes and discovering invasion plans by the group, an Israeli military spokesman has claimed.

The spokesperson said the details are being declassified for the first time, hours after Israel officially announced a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

The declassified report was posted by military spokesperson Daniel Hagari on X, formerly Twitter.

The report claimed that “following intelligence gathered over many years, dozens of ground operations have been carried out within the territory of Lebanon since the beginning of the war”.

Though Israel says it did not engage in fighting during the secret raids, they reported they discovered numerous weapons. They added that they had neutralised 700 targets.

Poland will limit the number of staff at its embassy in Beirut, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that Warsaw would organise transport for Polish citizens who want to leave Lebanon.

“The decision was made to limit the staff at our embassy in Beirut,” spokesperson Pawel Wronski told reporters. “Mainly these are the families of diplomats. We will try to keep the essential people, and those who are not essential will return to the country (Poland)”

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, has said that violence is spiralling to dangerous heights with strikes throughout Lebanon and incursions across the Blue Line.

“This cycle of violence will not end well for anyone,” Hennis-Plasschaert said.