US EditionNetanyahu orders expansion of security buffer zone in southern Lebanon
Netanyahu's campaign targets Iran-backed Hezbollah and Hamas to reduce missile threats and change regional security, with expanded buffer zones in three border areas.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the expansion of security belts in Lebanon, Syria, and the Gaza Strip to neutralize anti-tank and rocket threats from Iranian-backed groups.
- Netanyahu declared Israel is conducting a multi-sector campaign against Iran and its proxies, citing the destruction of Hezbollah's 150,000 missiles and rockets intended to destroy Israeli cities.
- The Revolutionary Guard warned that Israeli and U.S. universities are 'legitimate targets' unless Iranian universities receive safety assurances, as more than 3,000 people have died in the war.
- Iran dismissed U.S. peace talks as a cover after 2,500 U.S. Marines trained in amphibious landings arrived in the Middle East, while officials reported 'visible cracks in the terrorist regime in Tehran.'
- Operations will continue until threats are neutralized, though Hezbollah retains a residual ability to launch rockets and the military is developing plans to address the remaining threat.
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Israel expands its ground invasion of Lebanon
Israel is expanding its ground invasion of Lebanon amid the U.S.-led war with Iran. London School of Economics political scientist Fawaz Gerges accuses Israel of “collective punishment” against a million Lebanese displaced by the fighting. He says what Lebanon is experiencing is a “catastrophic humanitarian situation."
Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas are 'battered enemies': Netanyahu orders expansion of security zone in Lebanon
Israel had launched its operations in southern Lebanon early March after Hezbollah launched missiles and rockets at Tel Aviv following the killing of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The President of the Iranian Parliament also accused the United States on Sunday of " secretly planning a land offensive", and declared that he was waiting for "the arrival of American soldiers on the ground" to attack his regional allies.
"We are determined to radically change the situation in the northern part of Israel," the country's prime minister said in a video message to the Israeli people.
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said that he had ordered the Israeli army "to expand the security zone" in southern Lebanon.
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