Reports: US prevented Israel from striking deep in Lebanon

The Israeli army intended to carry out strikes deep in the south and deep in Lebanon following the meeting of Israel’s war cabinet on Sunday, but U.S. pressures on the Israeli government prevented that, media reports said.

“Political sources in Tel Aviv revealed that the Israeli army commanders had told PM Benjamin Netanyahu that it was inevitable to deal a severe blow to Hezbollah in response to its new escalation over the past two days and that such a strike should be painful, specifically in Beirut’s (southern) suburbs, so that it could be deterrent,” Asharq al-Awsat newspaper reported.