Netanyahu's government is pushing the IDF back into the Lebanese quagmire

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Netanyahu's government is pushing the IDF back into the Lebanese quagmire
Haaretz Editorial

12:30 AM • March 26 2026 IST

Defense Minister Israel Katz's declaration of a ground operation in southern Lebanon is a sign of the dangerous entrenchment of a policy that has already proven itself a failure. On Sunday, Katz announced that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israel Defense Forces "to immediately destroy all the bridges over the Litani River."

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