Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the military has been instructed to proactively remove the threat of Hezbollah in order to ensure the protection of Israel. Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah, as the militant group said it had launched hundreds of rockets and drones towards Israel. Expectations of an escalation between the two sides had risen since a missile strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last month killed 12 people and the Israeli military assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in response.
‘Whoever harms us, we harm them’: Netanyahu announces pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah – video
