Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take “strong action” against Hezbollah after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said they were ready for “an attack in the north”.
The Israeli prime minister toured the country’s northern border with Lebanon on Wednesday and said: “Whoever thinks that they can harm us and we will sit idly by is making a big mistake. We are prepared for a very strong action in the north. In one way or another we will restore security to the north.”
Wildfires are raging in the north of Israel as a result of Hezbollah strikes. At least 100,000 Israelis have been displaced since the terror group began a solidarity operation following the Hamas invasion of Oct 7, and in southern Lebanon, tens of thousands more have been displaced.
Israelis still living a short distance from the border are enduring through daily bombardments with well over 3,000 projectiles launched towards Israel from Lebanon since the start of the war.
Bushfires have been blazing for days after Hezbollah rocket bombardments with firefighters battling to control the crisis which has been escalating over recent weeks and is exacerbated by rising temperatures.