Ze’ev Elkin, a member of Israel’s Knesset with the right-wing New Hope party, has warned that Israel’s drawn-out conflict in Gaza is limiting its military options in the north bordering Lebanon, Al Jazeera reports.

“I think our problem in the north is in the south,” Elkin told Israel’s 103FM radio. “We got stuck in the south.”

“We can’t move north until we finish the war in the south, and the north is paying the price for such management,” Elkin said.