Netanyahu: 'The war will last for many more months'

Amid mounting pressure for a ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the war would continue "until absolute victory".

The goal requires more time, he said at a televised prime-time news conference. Echoing the words of his military chief of staff, he added, "the war will last for many more months".

He also vowed to restore security to residents living in northern Israel along the boundary with Lebanon "through the diplomatic option or through a military operation".