Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Tel Aviv will use full force against Hezbollah until the residents of the north are guaranteed to return to their homes.

"We are striking Hezbollah in a way that they never imagined. We are doing it with full force and with cunning. I promise you one thing: We will not rest until they return home," Netanyahu said in a statement.

In a related context, the Chief of Staff of the occupation army called on his forces on Wednesday to prepare for a "possible entry" into Lebanon, while the air force continues to bomb Hezbollah targets.

"You can hear the planes here. We are attacking all day long. The goal is to prepare for your possible entry and also to continue striking Hezbollah," Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi told members of an armored brigade, according to a statement issued by the army.

"We will not stop. We will continue to attack and hurt them everywhere," Halevi said.

"To do this, we are preparing for the maneuver course... your entry there with force, the confrontation with Hezbollah elements who will see what it is like to face a professional and experienced combat force," Halevi added in a video broadcast by the occupation army, addressing the soldiers.

"You are coming much stronger than them, much more experienced than them. Go in and destroy the enemy there and go destroy the infrastructure," he continued.

"These are the things that will allow us to bring the people of the North back safely at a later date," he said.