“Hezbollah escalated by half a click, we escalated by a full step.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said this, specifying that Israel's move is only "one step in 10, we cannot attack just 20 kilometers inside Lebanon but also 50. In Beirut and elsewhere".
Gallant - who spoke in the north of the country - however added that Israel "does not want a war but if it is forced it will take steps to allow civilians to return to their homes in the north".
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