Israel says ‘next phase’ of war with Hezbollah in Lebanon to ‘begin soon’
Al Jazeera
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel will use all the means at its disposal to attack Hezbollah.
Israel has warned that it will use “all the means” at its disposal to attack the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah amid growing fears of a ground assault on Lebanon.
“The next phase in the war against Hezbollah will begin soon,” Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told a meeting of local council heads in northern Israel on Monday, according to a statement from his office.
Earlier, Gallant told troops that Israel would “use all the means that may be required … from the air, from the sea, and on land.”
To allow displaced residents of the border area to return safely home, “we will employ all of our capabilities, and this includes you,” Gallant told troops.
Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israeli troops a day after Israel launched its assault on Gaza last October in response to an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas.
