Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant warned on during his visit to the American capital, Washington, that the Israeli army is capable of "returning Lebanon back to the Stone Age" in a possible war with the Lebanese Shiite group "Hezbollah", reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
However, he explicitly emphasized that his government prefers a diplomatic solution to the axis of tension on the Israeli-Lebanese border, the agency added.
In addition, Gallant told reporters that he had discussed with high-ranking American officials "post-war" a draft proposal on how to manage the Gaza Strip after the end of Israel's conflict with the enclave-controlling radical Palestinian group "Hamas".
According to the option discussed, the management of the coastal territory would involve local Palestinians, regional partners and the US, but it would be a "long and complicated process," explained the Israeli defense minister, quoted by Reuters.
Meanwhile, Israel carried out airstrikes in an area in southern Syria and Lebanon overnight, killing two people in Syria, Reuters reported, citing Syrian and Lebanese state media. /p>
The agency adds that one Syrian serviceman was wounded. The attack in Syria was defined by the Syrian media as an "air aggression" in which a number of objects were targeted, notes Reuters.
At least five people were injured in an Israeli strike that destroyed a residential building in the neighborhood of "Al Mashaa" in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese News Agency informed. She notes that the Israeli attack damaged dozens of homes and cars.
According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, an Israeli fighter jet fired at a two-story building in "Al Mashaa" two air-to-ground missiles. A hospital source told the agency that five people were in critical to stable condition and at least nine were taken to hospital with smoke inhalation.
According to Xinhua, at least ten homes were destroyed, and another thirty-five were damaged.