Israel won’t permit Hezbollah operatives to return to villages in southern Lebanon and reestablish infrastructure that would pose a threat to Israeli communities, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened the Lebanese Hezbollah militia during a visit to troops in southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to his office. "We have pulled the teeth of the snake,

The Israeli Air Force struck a storage facility in southern Lebanon, claiming Hezbollah was operating "within a weapons storage facility."

We defanged the snake, and if Hezbollah does not withdraw beyond the Litani [River] and tries to violate the ceasefire, we will crush its head,” Katz said in the remarks stated by his office.