During a visit to Israel’s border with Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that Israel will do everything it can to remove the Hezbollah militia from the region.
Hezbollah must be pushed back to the north of the Litani river, which is about 30 kilometres from the border, Netanyahu said, according to statement issued by his office on Sunday.
Netanyahu has vowed to create conditions for the safe return of citizens to their homes in northern Israel. One of those conditions is to prevent Hezbollah from rearming in the future, the prime minister said.
“We are attacking in all parts of Lebanon,” Netanyahu asserted. He added that Israel must react in a comprehensive way to any action against us.
Another goal that he mentioned is preventing arms shipments from Iran to Hezbollah via Syria.
