‘We Will Expand the Buffer Zone’: Netanyahu Orders Military to Expand Invasion of Southern Lebanon

Netanyahu orders deeper Israeli invasion into Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand its invasion in southern Lebanon.

‘We will expand the buffer zone’: Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon

Netanyahu said the move is part of efforts to strengthen Israel’s security along its northern border.

Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Expand Operations in Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on March 29 he ordered the military to expand its operations ​in southern Lebanon. “I have just instructed to expand even further the existing security zone,” Netanyahu wrote in an X post. Military operations have intensified between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed terrorist organization, along the Israel–Lebanon border since the start of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28. “We are dete…

Israel’s Netanyahu orders expansion of south Lebanon invasion

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 …