Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz has announced plans to take control of southern Lebanon.
He added that the military had destroyed five bridges over the Litani River because he claimed Hezbollah was using them.
Hundreds of thousands of people internally displaced will not be allowed to return to their homes, many fearing an ongoing occupation mirroring the last one from 1982 to 2000.
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