An Israeli airstrike targeting Mays al-Jabal in southern Lebanon resulted in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to others this Saturday.
The northern border of Israel has experienced almost daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli military since the Gaza war began in October last year.
This escalation has raised concerns about a potential wider regional conflict.
Since October of last year, thousands have been displaced on both sides of the border due to the ongoing shelling between the two parties.
Israel has threatened, as it claims, to “occupy wide areas” in southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw from the region, according to Channel 12 Israel.
The channel added that Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz told his French counterpart, Stéphane Séjourné, that if Hezbollah does not withdraw, Israel “will be close to a full-scale war” with it.
He continued that Israel would fight Hezbollah across Lebanon and would occupy large areas in the south of the country, keeping these areas under military control as a security zone, as he claimed.
This came after Séjourné arrived in Israel, where he met his Israeli counterpart during a 24-hour visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as part of a Middle East tour that included Lebanon and Saudi Arabia.
