I have a feeling as well that Israel is going to quickly go at southern Lebannon with full force.
But they need to make sure they can get a force near southern Beirut quickly to cut off any massive retreat by Hezbollah.
They need to squeeze Hizbollah quickly from all directions before the majority of them retreat to Syria or northern Lebannon.
Agreed.
Nth Lebanon is not good for them though. they have to pass through Marionite country to get there. I would imagine that the old time Phalangists are dusting off the M16s at this point and they have no love for Hezbolah