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Benjamin Netanyahu says attack on Lebanon is ’not the end of the story’
Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel’s action against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon “is not the end of the story”.
Israel’s prime minister said its air defences had intercepted all rockets and drones launched against the country, Reuters reports.
He also said that the leaders of Hezbollah and Iran should know that the response was “another step towards changing the situation in the north and returning our residents safely to their homes”.
Israel and Lebanon exchanged messages via intermediaries on Sunday in order to prevent further escalation, according to two diplomats speaking anonymously to Reuters.
According to one diplomat, the main message was that both sides considered Sunday’s intense bombardment from either side “done” and that neither side wanted a full-scale war.