Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the Israeli military will expand its ground campaign in southern Lebanon.
Speaking at a press conference, Netanyahu said the expansion of the country’s “security belt” into Lebanon was aimed at “frustrating the threat of invasion and keeping anti-tank missile fire away from our border.”
Israel is attacking southern Lebanon as Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel in response to its war on Iran, which it started with the US on February 28. Since March 2, nearly 1,200 people have been killed and more than 3,400 injured in Lebanon. Nineteen people have died in Israel.
