Israel Warns Hezbollah and Lebanon Over Border Fighting

Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned.

Benny Gantz said the Israel Defense Forces would intervene if the world and Lebanese government did not stop militants firing on northern Israel.

Time for a diplomatic solution was running out, he added.

Cross-border exchanges of fire have been escalating since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel.

It has led to concerns the conflict in Gaza could become wider across the region.

Mr Gantz, an opposition politician and former IDF chief of staff, joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet as minister without portfolio in the wake of the attacks by Hamas.

There has been an increase in rocket fire and the use of weaponised drones by Hezbollah this week, with Israeli war planes quick to respond.