Israel offered aid to Lebanese military four times in past year

Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed on Wednesday that Israel has offered multiple times — including last week — to provide emergency assistance to Lebanon.

Israel and Lebanon are enemy states with no direct relations, and any communication occurs through third parties, including through the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, the peacekeeping mission that patrols the border.

Gantz said the IDF is offering to assist “in a targeted manner the Lebanese army, which is suffering from a shortage of basic supplies and has lost more than 5,000 soldiers that abandoned it recently.”