Netanyahu says Israel will intensify strikes against Hezbollah
Summary
Israel has started more air strikes across Lebanon, focusing on Hezbollah targets, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is "at war with Hezbollah" and plans to increase military actions. This comes after a ceasefire agreement was extended in April, but fighting has continued in parts of southern Lebanon and expanded to the Bekaa Valley near Syria.Key Facts
- Israel’s military, the IDF, launched attacks on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and other regions.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu announced a plan to intensify strikes and said Israel has already killed over 600 Hezbollah fighters.
- The 45-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, agreed earlier in April, has not fully stopped fighting.
- The Bekaa Valley strike marks an expansion beyond southern Lebanon, where most earlier attacks took place.
- About ten Israeli soldiers and over 400 people in Lebanon, including emergency workers, have died since the ceasefire.
- Israel has ordered many Lebanese civilians to leave their homes in southern Lebanon, displacing over a million people.
- The current conflict intensified after Israel and the US launched military actions against Iran on February 28, and Hezbollah retaliated with rocket attacks.
- Lebanon’s government wants to disarm Hezbollah but says a ceasefire is needed to do so safely.
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