Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokeswoman Effie Defrin says that Chief of General Staff Eyal Zamir "has approved plans for further fighting in both Lebanon and Iran."
The chief of staff has also declared "the entire territory of southern Lebanon up to the line of the Litani River" as a "killing zone for Hezbollah terrorists," he adds.
Defrin says the IDF has killed over 1,700 Hezbollah members in its military operation in Lebanon so far and that it "will continue and persecute [Hezbollah] wherever they hide," the BBC reported, Gazeta Express reports.