Current wave of attacks designed to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in advance of possible incursion by troops, says chief of staff

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Israel’s top general has said the country is preparing for a ground operation inside Lebanon as the country’s military called up two brigades of reserve troops and an intense bombing campaign inside Lebanon stretched into a third day.

Israel’s chief of staff, Maj Gen Herzi Halevi, visiting troops in the north of Israel, said that current attacks on Lebanon aimed to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and prepare for the possibility of Israeli troops crossing the border.