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Israel expands its Lebanese footprint

1 min Oren Levi

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had instructed the military to further expand the existing security buffer zone in southern Lebanon, vowing to fundamentally change the security situation there.

Kfar Kila, a Lebanese village near the Israeli border © Mena Today 

Kfar Kila, a Lebanese village near the Israeli border © Mena Today 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he had instructed the military to further expand the existing security buffer zone in southern Lebanon, vowing to fundamentally change the security situation there.

"I have just instructed to further expand the existing security buffer zone. We are determined to fundamentally change the situation in the north," Netanyahu said in a video statement from the Northern Command.

He said the decision aimed to strengthen Israel's security posture along the northern frontier, amid ongoing tensions along Israel's northern border, where cross-border hostilities have raised fears of a broader regional escalation.

Reporting by Steven Scheer

Oren Levi

Oren Levi

Oren Levi knows this region the way only a native can. Based in Tel Aviv, he has spent years covering the complexities of Israel and the Palestinian territories for some of the country's leading newspapers and television channels. Sharp, well-sourced and relentlessly on the ground, he brought that expertise to Mena Today two years ago, and hasn't looked up from the story since.

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