Milan, 12 March (LaPresse) – Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had warned Lebanon that if it did not prevent Hezbollah from attacking, Israel would ‘take the territory and do it alone.’ ‘Hezbollah launched heavy bombardments against the State of Israel yesterday,’ Katz said during a briefing with senior Israeli Defence Force (IDF) officers, ‘the IDF responded forcefully in Dahiyeh (the southern suburbs of Beirut, ed.) and against Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon.’ ‘I have warned the President of Lebanon that if the Lebanese government does not know how to control the territory and prevent Hezbollah from threatening communities in the north and opening fire on Israel, we will take the territory and do it ourselves,’ Katz added.