Netanyahu blocks IDF plan to expand fighting in Lebanon

Members of Israel's small cabinet who convened Wednesday night learned only after the meeting ended that the US had announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. But behind the scenes, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Israel Hayom, it emerged that during the discussion, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir presented a plan to expand the fighting and the ground maneuver in Lebanon, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced reservations.