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china news service, september 26. according to foreign media reports, on the 25th local time, israeli chief of staff halevy said that the israeli army is preparing for a possible ground offensive against hezbollah in lebanon.

“you can hear the planes above, and we’ve been moving all day,” halevy told troops during a simulated ground assault exercise against lebanon, according to the times of israel. “this is both to prepare for the possibility that you might enter (lebanon) and to continue to inflict damage on hezbollah.”

according to the report, after hezbollah in lebanon launched missiles at central israel that morning, halevy also said, "hezbollah has expanded its (range) today," so israel will continue to carry out strikes, "for this reason, we are preparing (ground) mobile operations."

“to achieve this goal, we are preparing exercises,” halevy told israeli soldiers. “your boots will go into enemy territory,” into hezbollah’s military outposts, which are home to underground infrastructure, assembly points and launch pads.

israel has significantly stepped up its strikes against hezbollah targets this month, according to cnn, and the idf also said it was conducting "extensive strikes" in southern lebanon.

the world health organization's representative in lebanon, abubakar, said on september 24 local time that from september 17 to september 23, the lebanese-israeli conflict caused the deaths of about 582 people in lebanon, including 40 children and 4 medical staff, and nearly 6,400 people were injured, including 16 medical staff. so far, more than 105,000 people have been displaced due to the escalation of the conflict.