Netanyahu says Israel’s ‘mission’ against Hezbollah not over despite ceasefire with Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israel’s “mission” against Hezbollah in Lebanon has not ended, despite a ceasefire that took effect earlier in the day, Anadolu reports. “There are things we plan to do regarding the remaining rocket threat and the drone threat, which I will not detail,” Netanyahu said in a televised statement. Addressing domestic criticism over the outcome of the northern front, Netanyahu said Israel had achieved “tremendous accomplishments.” “For the first time, we have established a broad security buffer zone along the entire northern border,” he said, adding that the zone stretches from Lebanon across the Golan Heights to Mount Hermon (Jabal al-Sheikh) and the Yarmouk area in southern Syria. He said the buffer, which […]