Netanyahu to widen invasion of Lebanon – saying Hezbollah can ‘still fire rockets at us’ | 29 Mar 2026 | Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel to widen its invasion of Lebanon as he claimed Hezbollah still has the ability to “fire rockets at us,” Israel has sent troops into the south of Lebanon as it seeks to destroy the Iranian-backed militant group, which sent a barrage of missiles at Israel in revenge for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In response, Israel began “limited and targeted ground operations” [not to mention several war crimes] which it claimed have been targeting “key Hezbollah strongholds” to remove their threat for Israeli border communities. On Sunday, the Israeli prime minister said he had told the military to expand the “existing security buffer zone.”