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Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened further escalation against Lebanon on 2 November, accusing the country’s President Joseph Aoun of “dragging his feet” and delaying the disarmament of Hezbollah.
“Hezbollah is playing with fire and the President of Lebanon is dragging his feet,” Katz said in a social media post. “The Lebanese government's commitment to disarm Hezbollah and remove it from southern Lebanon must be carried out.”
“The strictest enforcement will continue and will even deepen – we will not allow a threat to the residents of the north,” the defense minister added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said during a cabinet session on Sunday that Tel Aviv “will not allow the Lebanon front to once again be a source of threat to Israel.”
“We will do what is necessary to prevent that," the premier added.
The latest threats came hours after an Israeli strike on south Lebanon’s Kfar Remman killed four people and injured several others.
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