Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops to ‘continue fighting with full force’ against Hezbollah last night– crushing hopes of a ceasefire.
Rocket exchanges continued with another strike on Beirut reportedly killing the terror group’s top drone commander.
Israel‘s recent rejection for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, and killing hundreds in Lebanon with strikes has sparked fears of an all-out-regional war.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that ‘hell is breaking loose’ in the region as he backed a French-US peace proposal.
Word spread early yesterday that a three-week pause could be agreed ‘in the coming hours’ – before Mr Netanyahu’s office shut down the rumour.
WHAT NETANYAHU SAID IN NEW YORK
As the Israeli PM touched down in New York, where he is due to speak at the UN, he said his ‘policy is clear’.
‘We will not stop until we reach all our goals, chief among them the return of the residents of the north securely to their homes,’ Mr Netanyahu said.
The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, known as Unifil, was supposed to disarm Hezbollah and prevent it building up on the border after the 2006 war.
But it failed and on October 8 the terror group began bombarding northern Israel, forcing 70,000 to flee their homes as it tried to support the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
