Israel to Ease Off Gaza Fighting as Focus Moves to Hezbollah
- Military to switch to targeted operations to destroy Hamas
- Troops to move to Israel’s north amid fears of broader war
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said intense fighting with Hamas will soon be paused and some forces redeployed to the north of the country, where violence is escalating with Lebanon-based Hezbollah.
The military will continue its campaign to eradicate Hamas from Gaza but switch to more targeted operations, Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 14 on Sunday. He had been asked about the duration of fighting in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million people have been displaced to allow Israel to target what it said were the last remaining Hamas battalions.