Hezbollah says will fight Israeli troops as Israel plans security zone up to Litani river

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah will fight to prevent Israeli troops from occupying southern Lebanon, one of the group’s top lawmakers Hassan Fadlallah told Reuters on Tuesday, saying such an occupation would pose an “existential threat” to Lebanon as a state.Israel’s defense minister said earlier on Tuesday that he had instructed the military to establish a “security zone” south of the Litani River, which runs about 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of the Israeli border. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that the military would take control of south Lebanon all the way to the Litani River.“All five bridges over the Litani that were used by Hezbollah for the passage of terrorists and weapons have been blown up, and the IDF (Israeli military) will control the rest of the bridges and the security zone up to the Litani,” Katz said during a visit to a military command center in Israel.The

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