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Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 775 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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What to know about Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon

Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon As troops push towards the Litani River, mourners gather for the funeral of three slain journalists killed in the line of duty.

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What happened

Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon As troops push towards the Litani River, mourners gather for the funeral of three slain journalists killed in the line of duty.

Why it matters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to further expand invasions of southern Lebanon, as regional tensions spike amid the United States-Israeli war on Iran.

Common ground

“I have just instructed to further expand the existing security buffer zone.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “The United Nations says that more than 1.2 million people have been displaced”
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Claim 2: “The toll includes 124 children, while more than 3,500 people have been wounded”
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Claim 3: “The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented at least 11 Israeli killings of Lebanese journalists and press workers since the start of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in 2023”
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Claim 4: “Israel’s military said in a statement that it had killed Shoeib in a targeted strike. Labelling him a 'terrorist', it claimed without evidence that he was a Hezbollah intelligence operative and accused him of reporting on locations of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon”
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Claim 5: “At least 1,238 people have been killed since Lebanon was dragged into the war on March 2”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon, between the state of Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. The war has killed more than 1,000 people in Lebanon and displ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Public Health (Arabic: وزارة الصحّة العامة) is a ministry of the government of the Republic of Lebanon. As of 2025, the Minister of Health is Rakan Nassereddine. The ministry's Departm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Health_(Leb…
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Claim 6: “Funeral held for three journalists”
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Claim 7: “In the Gaza Strip, where Israel fought a war against the Palestinian armed group Hamas from October 2023 until an October 2025 ceasefire that has also been repeatedly breached, 210 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed by the Israeli military, the CPJ said”
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Claim 8: “Netanyahu orders military to expand invasion of southern Lebanon”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A series of protests against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, colloquially referred to as the Balfour Protests (Hebrew: מחאת בלפור) or Black Flag Protests (Hebrew: מחאת הדגלים השחורים), gain…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–2021_protests_against_Ben…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן "יוֹנִי" נְתַנְיָהוּ, pronounced [jonaˈtan ˈjoni netanˈjahu]; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonatan_Netanyahu
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Claim 9: “The attack on the journalists’ vehicle in the town of Jezzine killed Ali Shoeib, a veteran correspondent for Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV, Fatiman Ftouni of the pro-Hezbollah Al Mayadeen channel and her brother, cameraman Mohammad Ftouni”
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Claim 10: “Mourners gather for the funeral of three slain journalists killed in the line of duty”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria, in an Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 23 February 2025, the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the third Secretary-General of Hezbollah, was held at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah was buried five months…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Hassan_Nasrallah
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An ongoing conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following Hamas's October 7 att…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah–Israel_conflict_(202…
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