Reports: Hezbollah goes on alert fearing possible Israeli strike
Hezbollah has entered a state of maximum alert on its various military fronts in anticipation of a possible Israeli strike in the coming hours or days, unnamed sources told Al-Arabiya's Al-Hadath channel.
'Hezbollah took a host of military and precautionary measures that involved evacuating some of its posts in the South and other areas, in addition to the departure of the families of a number of its prominent cadres from the South toward Beirut,' the sources said.
Many of Hezbollah's commanders have stopped using their cellphones, the sources added.
An-Nahar newspaper had earlier reported that 'Hezbollah has vacated most of the southern and Bekaa towns of their fighters, moving them to strategic places and combat fronts in anticipation of any Israeli military action on Tuesday or Wednesday at a timing that coincides with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.'
The reports come although U.S. envoy Tom Barrack had voiced unexpected optimism during his visit to Beirut on Monday, announcing that he was highly satisfied with the Lebanese response to the latest U.S. paper. Barrack also said that Israel wants peace, not war, with Lebanon.
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