Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday, quoted by AFP, that the Israeli army will “very soon begin to operate” in the north of the country, on the border with Lebanon, where there are daily firefights with Hezbollah.

The minister told soldiers stationed near the border with Gaza or parts of the Palestinian territory that they would leave the area for the north of the country.

“Soon they will begin to operate (…), so the forces in the north are reinforced,” said Yoav Gallant, adding that reservists will also leave their positions to prepare for these upcoming operations.

Chief of the General Staff Hertzi Halevi recently estimated that the probability of war “in the coming months” in the north of the country is now “much higher than in the past.”

Since the October 7 attacks on Israeli territory by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which triggered the war in Gaza, there has been a constant exchange of fire between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, the Lebanese movement allied with Iran and Hamas.

According to an AFP estimate, more than 200 people have been killed in Lebanon in more than three months. According to the Israeli army, 15 people were killed on the Israeli side, including nine soldiers and six civilians.

Hezbollah on Monday evening claimed 12 attacks on Israeli positions since Sunday night. On Friday, the Shiite Islamist movement for the first time mentioned the use of Falaq-1 missiles produced in Iran.

Yoav Gallant also said that Hamas fighters have run out of supplies and ammunition, but that the war will continue for months.

The unprecedented attack by Hamas on October 7 killed around 1,140 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to AFP figures based on official Israeli figures.

Israel responded by vowing to “destroy” the Islamist movement in power in Gaza and launched a massive military operation in Gaza that killed 26,637 people, the vast majority of whom were women, children and teenagers, according to an updated Health Ministry report. Hamas.