IDF Says Key Hezbollah Ridge in South Lebanon "Cleared"
🪖 SOUTH LEBANON — A "cleared" ridge is a claim, not a victory; ask who defines both. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Ali al-Taher Ridge is a commanding elevation over the Lebanon-Israel border — its "clearance" signals IDF is pushing beyond villages into terrain Hezbollah prepared for years. But Israeli army language like "cleared" rarely means eliminated. With CENTCOM consumed by Iran, a deepening Lebanon ground operation risks triggering Hezbollah's full arsenal — the escalation Washington explicitly hasn't planned for.
