Three troop divisions have been deployed to the northern border, the Israeli military said Saturday, issuing a strident warning to the Hezbollah while detailing strikes that Israel says has killed hundreds of terror operatives seeking to enflame the restive border.

The comments from Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari included rare acknowledgement of dozens of airstrikes inside Syria against the terror group, with the IDF is working to “reshape the security reality” on the northern border to allow some 80,000 Israelis displaced by months of incessant attacks to return home.

Israel will be “ready to attack immediately” if provoked, Hagari warned.

“We do not choose war as our first priority, but we are certainly prepared,” he said.

According to Hagari, since fighting on the northern border began in the immediate wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, the IDF had targeted more than 3,400 Hezbollah sites and struck more than 150 cells, killing some 200 operatives, mostly members of Hezbollah.

Among the targets hit included some 120 observation posts, 40 weapons depots, and 40 command centers manned by Hezbollah members, along with more significant sites such as an airstrip used by Hezbollah to launch drones and a weapons depot storing anti-aircraft missiles, Hagari said.

During the press conference, Hagari aired rare footage showing a strike on a Hezbollah cell in southern Syria last month.

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