Israel's Buffer Zone Plan in Lebanon

0:00It's March 31st. Global news today starts now. AI-powered and worldwide. I'm Cory with the story. Israel's defense minister just laid out plans for a buffer zone deep inside 7-11-on, saying the military will hold security control there. Even after the war with Hezbollah wraps up. Ground troops rolled in on March 2nd, and now they're talking about demolishing every house in border villages to wipe out threats to Northern. Israel. This kicked off after Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel, hitting back at the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ley February. Israel had already been striking Hezbollah targets almost daily, ignoring a ceasefire from last year. The toll is brutal. Over 1,238 killed in Lebanon since early March, including 124 kids and 52 health workers. 10 Israeli soldiers and two civilians died from Hezbollah fire, plus three Indonesian peacekeepers and three Lebanese journalists in recent days. Minister Katz spelled it out in a video.

1:01Troops will dig in up to the Latani River Line against missiles, ban over 600,000 displaced. Southern Lebanese from returning until Northern Israel is safe, and level those border homes like they did in parts of Gaza. Lebanon's president slammed it as collective punishment on civilians, hinting at bigger land grabs, while families flee with nothing left, leaving a million displaced in the whole region on edge as talk-style.