Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israeli forces had eliminated the threat of an invasion by Hezbollah fighters during a visit to troops in southern Lebanon.

"The war continues, including within the security zone in Lebanon," Netanyahu said in a video released by his office, which showed him wearing a flak jacket and surrounded by masked soldiers.

Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he was working to stop the war, even as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu told troops in south Lebanon that the fight there was far from over.

The Lebanese Red Cross said in a statement that one of its paramedics had been killed in the south.

The United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL said an Israeli tank rammed its vehicles on two occasions, "in one case causing significant damage".

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli attacks on dozens of locations in the south on Sunday, with additional strikes on the adjacent West Bekaa area.

Lebanon was pulled into the Middle East war when Tehran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel a few days after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's supreme leader at the outset of the conflict on February 28.

Israel has responded with massive strikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon, killing over 2,000 people and wounding thousands more, according to Lebanese health officials. (AFP)



Edited by Azam Khan