Thani, said on Tuesday Israel deliberately chose to expand what he called its "aggression" to implement pre-planned schemes in the West Bank and Lebanon. Israel had done so "because it sees that the scope for that is available,

One day after a deadly Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon -- far from Hezbollah's main area of influence in the south and east -- the acting leader of the militant group said it would aim rockets into more areas of Israel.

Thani, accused Israel of deliberately expanding its military actions in the West Bank and Lebanon during his annual address to the Shura Council on Tuesday. Sheikh Tamim claimed Israel was taking advantage of the current situation to implement pre-planned schemes in these regions.