00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says attacks in Lebanon will continue as his country looks to achieve its main objective
00:07of quote, eliminating the Hezbollah threat.
00:11Israeli ground forces have been operating in southern Lebanon for weeks, where they've occupied what they're calling a security zone
00:18to create a buffer from northern Israeli villages.
00:22Netanyahu says he's ordered the IDF to expand that buffer zone, despite Israel engaging in the first direct talks with
00:29Lebanon in decades, mediated by the United States.
00:55Israel says the Iran-backed group poses an existential threat due to its close proximity and will not halt attacks
01:02on the country until it's eradicated.
01:05Wednesday saw a significant escalation in strikes on many towns and villages in the south.
01:13A triple-tap attack on the province of Maifadun in the southern Nabatiyah district killed four paramedics and wounded six
01:20others as they were responding to strikes in the area and caring for the injured, paramedic groups said.
01:26Their ambulances, as shown by body cam footage, were packed with wounded civilians at the time of the strikes, causing
01:33global outrage.
01:35Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 1,200 people, according to the health ministry, and internally displaced approximately
01:431 million others nationwide so far.
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