Svmuu reported that on June 9 local time, the Israel Defense Forces issued a statement saying that ground forces crossed the Litani River that day, continuing military operations in southern Lebanon. On the same day, Israeli Chief of Staff General Herzi Halevi stated that the military would escalate the scale of strikes against the Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported the same day that Israeli airstrikes targeting towns in southern Lebanon resulted in dozens of casualties. Hezbollah, in turn, issued multiple statements claiming that its fighters had struck several Israeli military targets. (CCTV International News)