The return of evacuated residents to northern Israel is now a war goal, PMO says
Israel's security cabinet voted on the additional war goal of returning the 60,000 evacuees to their homes in the north.
Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.(photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Reuters)Updated: