Hezbollah says it has targeted defence company Rafael near Haifa in northern Israel; Isaac Herzog says conflict instigated by Iran proxies

Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, has been interviewed by Sky News’ Trevor Phillips on his Sunday morning politics programme in the UK. Herzog says that Israel “does not want war” with Lebanon, claiming that the conflict was “instigated” by Iranian proxies in the region, including Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis, as well as Hamas in Gaza.

“Israel is fighting for its well being, its existence, its citizens. That’s what we are doing. And we are doing whatever is the right thing to do,” he said, adding that Lebanon has been hijacked by Hezbollah, which he described as a “terror organisation”.