Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hezbollah that if it “chooses to start a global war, then it will turn Beirut and South Lebanon… into Gaza and Khan Yunis with its own hands”.

According to AFP, the Israeli army said an anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon killed a civilian in Israel on Thursday.

 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral of Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, an Israeli soldier and the son of cabinet minister Gadi Eizenkot, who was killed in northern Gaza during the ongoing ground operation by Israel’s military, in Herzliya, Israel on Dec 8, 2023. — Reuters
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral of Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, an Israeli soldier and the son of cabinet minister Gadi Eizenkot, who was killed in northern Gaza during the ongoing ground operation by Israel’s military, in Herzliya, Israel on Dec 8, 2023. — Reuters

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