Israeli regime ministers demand savage escalation against Lebanon

Two extremist Israeli cabinet ministers have openly called for cutting electricity supplies to Lebanon, seizing the Zahrani River, and demolishing dozens of buildings in Beirut, in a brazen display of the illegal entity’s inherent aggression and desperation.

Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a notorious far-right figure, declared: “We must cut electricity to Lebanon, occupy the Zahrani River, and return to a fierce war.”

He further urged Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “bang on Trump’s table” and declare a return to open warfare against Lebanon.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, equally infamous for his racist and expansionist views, demanded an end to what he called the “threat of Hezbollah’s explosive drones” through disproportionate brutality.

“In response to each explosive drone, ten buildings in Beirut must collapse,” he stated, while approving a special budget of nearly 2 billion Israeli shekels (around $540-693 million) supposedly to bolster defenses.

These inflammatory remarks came immediately after Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported that Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir had pressed in a Security Cabinet meeting for renewed strikes on Beirut in retaliation for Hezbollah’s highly effective drone operations.

The rhetoric lays bare the occupying regime’s frustration and inability to counter the growing strength of the Lebanese resistance.

Meanwhile, Israeli media aired footage confirming Hezbollah’s deployment of advanced FPV suicide drones equipped with fiber-optic guidance technology and thermal cameras, a first in nighttime operations against Zionist forces.

Recent strikes included a drone hitting a building in the settlement of Shomera, causing a fire, and another injuring an Israeli in Metula near the Lebanese border.

Israeli sources admitted the drones exploded at a military base in western Galilee, underscoring the resistance’s precision even under fragile ceasefire conditions.

Netanyahu himself vowed “harsh blows” against Hezbollah, claiming a “special team” was addressing the drone threat, an admission of the regime’s growing vulnerability despite billions spent on defenses.

Hezbollah destroys Israel’s two Merkava tanks in southern Lebanon

Hezbollah has destroyed two Israeli army Merkava tanks and struck multiple enemy positions and troop gatherings in southern Lebanon in a series of military operations.

The Zionist regime has repeatedly breached the US-mediated ceasefire in Lebanon, originally reached in April at Washington’s request during Pakistan-mediated talks to end the broader Iran war that began on February 28. Despite the truce being extended into early July, Tel Aviv continues its illegal airstrikes, incursions, and aggressive posturing.

According to Lebanese officials, nearly 3,200 people have been killed, over 9,600 injured, and 1.6 million displaced by Israeli bombardment since March 2 amid these cross-border aggressions.

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