Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to intensify its offensive in Lebanon claiming to “crush” Hezbollah, as Israeli attacks continue to violate the US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
"I have ordered an even greater acceleration of our operations," Netanyahu said in a video statement posted on his Telegram channel on Monday.
"It is true that they are attacking us with drones, including fibre-optic drones, but we have teams working on countermeasures and we will solve this issue... We will intensify our blows, increase our firepower, and we will crush them."
The warning came as four people were killed and three others injured in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, marking a new violation of the ongoing ceasefire, according to Lebanese media.
The casualties were reported in the attack that targeted the cemetery of Kafr Roummane town in Nabatieh, state news agency NNA reported.
The attack came hours after an Israeli aircraft dropped incendiary phosphorus munitions on the forests of Lebanon's southern municipality of Qalila, igniting fires in citrus groves and agricultural lands, the agency said.
Since March 2, Israel has carried out expanded offensive in southern Lebanon, killing nearly 3,200 and wounding more than 9,600, according to Lebanese officials.
Despite a US-mediated ceasefire that took effect in April 17 and was later extended into early July, the Israeli army continues its daily attacks and home demolitions in southern Lebanon.
