Israel launched dozens of fresh strikes in Lebanon on Sunday and vowed to keep up its offensive against Hizbollah after assassinating the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.
People in Lebanon were braced for more attacks as the Israeli army issued fresh evacuation orders to civilians, including residents of south Beirut, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that despite killing the influential Hizbollah leader, Israel’s “work has still not been completed”.
Netanyahu said Israel would continue its fight against the Iran-backed militant group until it had succeeded in “changing the balance of power” in the Middle East and until about 60,000 residents of northern Israel, displaced by a year of cross-border fire, were able to return to their homes.