Netanyahu, Katz order forces to cease southern Lebanon attacks

<article data-history-node-id="442764" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-katz-order-forces-cease-southern-lebanon-attacks" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/netanyahu-katz-order-forces-cease-southern-lebanon-attacks" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Netanyahu, Katz order forces to cease southern Lebanon attacks</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz have ordered the Israeli army to cease attacks on southern Lebanon, Channel 12 reported.</p> <p>Israel will not withdraw from the occupied areas, the report said, adding that&nbsp;the decision was made in coordination with the US.</p> <p>Israeli attacks since 2 March 2 have killed at least 4,057 people and wounded 12,121, mostly in southern Lebanon,&nbsp;the country's health ministry said.</p> </div> </div> </article>