Israel on Tuesday added the safe return of its citizens to their homes near the border with Lebanon to its formal war goals amid reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to replace his defense minister with a hawkish rival. Netanyahu’s office said he laid out the war aim in an overnight security cabinet meeting. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from towns and villages on both sides of the border by near-daily exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.Iran-backed Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel a day after the war in the Gaza Strip began with an attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel on Oct. 7, and fighting across the Israel-Lebanon border has since escalated. “The Security Cabinet has updated the objectives of the war to include the following: Returning the residents of the north