Israeli FM says world should pressure Hezbollah to withdraw from south

Israel's foreign minister Israel Katz called on the world Friday to pressure on Hezbollah to withdraw from South Lebanon.

"The world must pressure Iran and Hezbollah to withdraw from South Lebanon and implement U.N. resolution 1701," Katz said at a Security Conference in Munich.

Katz warned that Israel would be forced to remove Hezbollah from the border if efforts to reach a diplomatic solution to ease the tensions fail.

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati had earlier said at the conference that Lebanon remains committed to all U.N. resolutions, stressing that Israel should also abide by them, halt its aggression against the South and withdraw from all occupied Lebanese territories.

Mikati asked about the steps that the international community has taken to halt the continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon, as he condemned "the killing and targeting of innocent" civilians, dubbing it "a crime against humanity."