Israel has been signaling Hezbollah, the Iranians, the U.S. and others for months on end that it needs to return its citizens safely to their homes.

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli troops also raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera, ordering the bureau to shut down.

War planners in Israel have accelerated their goal to return over as many as 100,000 displaced Israelis to the north because of Hezbollah terror attacks on the region.