germany ghana — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to expand the invasion of southern Lebanon on Sunday, intensifying a push toward the Litani River to try to drive out Hezbollah. Troops advanced in multiple areas and have reached a tributary south of Qantara on the eastern front near al-Muhaysibat, a frontline correspondent described as a big strategic change. The move comes amid a widening regional confrontation tied to the US-Israel war on Iran and has produced rising civilian casualties and mass displacement.
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Israeli forces have moved deeper into southern Lebanon, reaching waterways that bring them closer to the Litani River, an advance the correspondent called a “big strategic change. ” United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said a peacekeeper was killed and another was critically injured when a projectile exploded at a site near Adchit Al Qusayr in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL said, “We do not know the origin of the projectile. We have launched an investigation to determine all of the circumstances. ”
Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 1, 238 people killed since Lebanon was dragged into the war on March 2, including 124 children, and more than 3, 500 wounded. The United Nations says more than 1. 2 million people have been displaced across the country. Hundreds of mourners gathered for funerals after an air strike destroyed a journalists’ vehicle in Jezzine and killed three journalists who were covering the fighting; the deaths have prompted national condemnation and grief across affected communities.
Immediate reactions and regional signals
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement, “I have just instructed to further expand the existing security buffer zone. We are determined to fundamentally change the situation in the north [of Israel]. ” A frontline correspondent noted the proximity of the newly reached tributary to the Litani River and warned the development “is going to turn into a big fight. ” Another correspondent in Beirut said there was “no let-up in Israeli strikes. “
UNIFIL has launched an investigation into the peacekeeper’s death and has not yet determined the projectile’s origin. Israel’s military said it had killed one of the journalists in a targeted strike, labelling him a “terrorist” and claiming he was a Hezbollah intelligence operative and had reported on locations of Israeli soldiers; the military did not comment on the killings of the other two journalists.
Beyond Lebanon, the US embassy in Baghdad warned that Iran and its proxies may target American universities in Iraq and urged US citizens to leave the country immediately. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement saying, “If the US government wants its universities in the region to be free from retaliation… it must condemn the bombing of the universities in an official statement by 12 noon on Monday, March 30, Tehran time, ” a deadline that converts to 04: 30 ET on March 30.
Hezbollah entered the broader Iran war in early March with retaliatory attacks on Israel after the killing of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a development that has driven the recent intensification along the Israel-Lebanon frontier.
What’s next: UNIFIL’s investigation and Israeli troop movements near the Litani are likely to shape the next 24–48 hours. Expect further military statements from Netanyahu’s office and additional casualty and displacement figures from Lebanon’s Health Ministry, and watch for any escalation tied to the IRGC deadline at 04: 30 ET on March 30. germany ghana
