The government includes the return of 60.000 displaced people in northern Israel as an objective of the war

The government updated its official war aims after a Cabinet meeting last night to include the return to their homes of at least 60.000 evacuees in the north of the country due to the group's constant attacks. Shiite terrorist Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon.

"Israel will continue to take active, practical steps to achieve this goal," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced in a brief statement on Tuesday.

This decision by the Security Cabinet comes hours after Netanyahu himself, meeting in Tel Aviv with the US President's envoy, Amos Hochstein, warned last night that in order to achieve the return of the northern residents, Israel "will do whatever is necessary."

The president also warned of the need for "a fundamental change in the security situation" in the north, where there is almost daily crossfire with Hezbollah - parallel to the war in Gaza - with the launching of dozens of rockets.

The US opposes a large-scale military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, something that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant described yesterday as the "only possible solution" as long as the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group continues to link up with Hamas and attack Israel under the pretext of solidarity with the war in Gaza. Aurora and EFE