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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is planning to set a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Operation Northern Shield.

“We’re working in the political realm to enact sanctions against Hezbollah,” Netanyahu said before a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

“We need patience, but with the same perseverance we will continue the operation until its completion – until neutralizing the threat of tunnels in the north. At the same time, we are working on the political level to denounce Hezbollah and Iran and to increase the sanctions against both of them.”

Netanyahu’s words follow the pair’s discussion on Saturday, where Netanyahu told Putin that Israel won’t tolerate Hezbollah’s threat along its northern border and that “Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s policy to prevent the establishment of an Iranian presence in Syria and to act against Iranian and Hezbollah aggression.”

Israel launched Operation Northern Shield last week to expose and destroy Hezbollah attack tunnels stretching from Lebanon into Israel. The IDF has thus far destroyed two tunnels. The army fired on suspicious figures near the border Saturday evening.

Tovah Lazaroff contributed to this report.