Israel threatened Lebanon on Sunday with intensifying strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, a day after an Israeli air raid killed four people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Despite a November 2024 cease-fire with the Lebanese armed group, Israel maintains troops in five areas in southern Lebanon and has kept up regular strikes.
"Hezbollah is playing with fire, and the president of Lebanon is dragging his feet," Defense Minister Israel Katz claimed in a statement.
"The Lebanese government's commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon must be implemented. Maximum enforcement will continue and even intensify – we will not allow any threat to the residents of the north."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Hezbollah was attempting to "rearm" itself.
