Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned today that Israel "has not said its last word" with the strikes it carried out early this morning in southern Lebanon to prevent a large-scale attack by the Shiite movement "Hezbollah", reported France Press.
"Three weeks ago we eliminated its commander-in-chief (of the "Hezbollah" movement) and today we foiled his attack plan," Netanyahu was quoted by his office as saying at the start of a government meeting following the attack carried out by "Hezbollah" ; in response to the killing of one of its top military leaders, Fouad Shukr, in an Israeli strike on the southern outskirts of Beirut on July 30.
The Prime Minister stated that Israel has taken preventive action against the Iran-backed group "Hezbollah" and that Israel's air defense intercepted all drones sent against a strategic target in the central part of the country, according to Reuters.
The leaders of "Hezbollah" and Iran should know that our response is "another step towards changing the situation in the northern part of the country and the safe return of our citizens to their homes" and that "this is not the end of this story", Netanyahu warned.