Israel expanded its ground offensive in southern Lebanon and built thirteen military outposts as casualties reached 886 people since early March.These operations followed a retaliatory Hezbollah rocket strike on the Italian-led United Nations mission base after the assassination of Ali Khamenei.Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that displaced residents will not be allowed to return south of the Litani River until security is fully established.Western leaders from the
USA and
EU warned of a humanitarian catastrophe as one million civilians fled while
Israel created a permanent security zone.