Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had ordered the military to further expand its operations in southern Lebanon, citing continued rocket fire by Hezbollah.
Israel said last week it was enlarging a “buffer zone” up to the Litani River. It was not immediately clear whether Netanyahu was referring to that area or to the seizure of additional territory.
“I have now instructed to further expand the existing security zone in order to finally thwart the threat of invasion and to push the anti-tank missile fire away from our border,” Netanyahu said in a video statement from Israeli Northern Command.