Israel says ‘destroying’ Hezbollah in south Lebanon

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that the military was stepping up its strikes targeting Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, near the Israeli border.

“Not only are we defeating the enemy, but we are destroying them in all the villages along the border, in the places that Hezbollah planned to use as launchpads for attacks against Israel,” Gallant told troops during a visit to the border, adding that Israeli military presence in that area was “overwhelming the terrorists.”