While the focus of the war has been on Gaza, the unabating exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon have forced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border to flee.
Wednesday’s remarks by Israel’s top three officials overseeing the military campaign in Gaza came after Israel expanded its war aims this week to focus on Hezbollah.
Not formally declared as a war, the exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Hezbollah have killed hundreds of mostly fighters in Lebanon, and dozens of people on the Israeli side.
The latest remarks from Israeli leaders came as Lebanon was rocked by a new wave of blasts in devices used by Hezbollah that killed 14 people and wounded more than 450, according to health ministry figures.
On Tuesday, the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Hezbollah paging devices killed 12 people and wounded up to 2,800 in an unprecedented attack blamed on Israel.
Israeli authorities have remained tightlipped over the blasts.
