Netanyahu visits southern Lebanon under Israeli military control, says war will continue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited parts of southern Lebanon under Israeli military control ahead of scheduled Lebanese-Israeli peace talks in Washington DC, US later this week.
Over the weekend, Netanyahu said that Israel was working to control an 8-10km buffer zone inside Lebanon to ensure that Hezbollah does not fire close-range rockets and anti-tank missiles over the border.
On Saturday, more than 90 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, bringing the war’s death toll to over 2,000 people, including 165 children, nearly 250 women and 85 medics.
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday his government is committed to ending the war with Israel through negotiations.
