The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation published a report revealing that the political leadership in Tel Aviv approved a military plan to demolish the first row of houses in the Lebanese villages adjacent to the border with Israel, in a step that is supposed to be accompanied by conducting political negotiations with Lebanon, with the aim of exerting direct pressure on the Lebanese government to curb Hezbollah’s influence. According to the report, sources familiar with the details of the plan were quoted as saying, “Israel intends to carry out organized demolitions of buildings near the border, in conjunction with a negotiating process with the Lebanese side.” According to the same sources, Tel Aviv believes that this step may push the Lebanese state to take more stringent measures to limit Hezbollah’s activity in the border areas. Sources say that residents of Lebanese villages near the border have already evacuated large parts of those areas, facilitating the implementation of demolition operations. After completing the destruction of the first row of houses, Israel plans to deploy military forces in those border areas. According to the report, Hezbollah is betting that the Israeli army did not operate extensively during the previous war in the second and third village lines in the south, which kept part of its military infrastructure in place, especially inside private property that the Lebanese army did not fully address. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation published a report revealing that the political leadership in Tel Aviv approved a military plan to demolish the first row of houses in the Lebanese villages adjacent to the border with Israel, in a step that is supposed to be accompanied by conducting political negotiations with Lebanon, with the aim of exerting direct pressure on the Lebanese government to curb Hezbollah’s influence. According to the report, sources familiar with the details of the plan were quoted as saying, “Israel intends to carry out organized demolitions of buildings near the border, in conjunction with a negotiating process with the Lebanese side.” According to the same sources, Tel Aviv believes that this step may push the Lebanese state to take more stringent measures to limit Hezbollah’s activity in the border areas. Sources say that residents of Lebanese villages near the border have already evacuated large parts of those areas, facilitating the implementation of demolition operations. After completing the destruction of the first row of houses, Israel plans to deploy military forces in those border areas. According to the report, Hezbollah is betting that the Israeli army did not operate extensively during the previous war in the second and third village lines in the south, which kept part of its military infrastructure in place, especially inside private property that the Lebanese army did not fully address.