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Netanyahu, after visiting buffer zone in Lebanon: ‘There is still more to do, and we are doing it’
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with troops in the Israeli-controlled buffer zone in southern Lebanon, on April 12, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
The war in Lebanon is continuing, says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a visit to Israeli-controlled territory in southern Lebanon.
“There is still more to do, and we are doing it,” he says.
“We have thwarted the threat of an invasion from Lebanon thanks to this security zone,” says Netanyahu. “We are pushing back the danger of anti-tank fire and also dealing with rockets, but there is still more work to be done.”
Netanyahu was in Lebanon with Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, and IDF Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo.
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