Netanyahu visits Lebanon border as Israel army continues to pound Hezbollah positions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Lebanese border on Sunday, his office said, as the Israeli military continued to pound Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.

“Netanyahu visited the Lebanon border today,” his office said in a statement, his second such visit to the frontier in less than a month.

Netanyahu’s visit came as more than 100 projectiles were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Sunday, the military said.

Several of these projectiles were intercepted by the air force, while some fell in unpopulated areas, the military added.

During his visit to the Lebanon border, Netanyahu to respond “firmly” to Hezbollah’s attacks and to prevent the group from rearming.

“I want to be clear: with or without an agreement, the key to restoring peace and security in the north, the key to bringing our northern residents back home safely, is first and foremost to push Hezbollah back beyond the Litani River, secondly to target any attempt to rearm, and thirdly to respond firmly to any action taken against us,” Netanyahu told soldiers at the border, according to a statement from his office.