Hezbollah
If the Lebanese army takes action to remove weapons from the hands of the Iranian terror proxy, then the IDF will engage in reciprocal measures, said the Israeli premier.
The message was clear: Hezbollah would resist at any cost and would not accept dictates from the government.
The military described the terrorist assets as a “violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”
Israel earlier attacked targets belonging to the Iranian proxy.
Washington pulled funding for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon over its “abject failure” to contain Hezbollah.
“I think the Lebanese government has done their part. They’ve taken the first step. Now what we need is Israel to comply with that equal handshake,” said U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack.
The visitors from 24 campuses toured the areas affected by Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres and the northern border.
“There is no state without exclusive control of weapons,” Nawaf Salam said regarding the plan to disarm the Iranian-backed terror group.
Nearly two years after his son fell in battle, Tamir Granot officiated at the wedding of the woman his son had planned to marry.
The Israeli military called the existence of the terrorist infrastructure a “blatant violation” of understandings between Jerusalem and Beirut.
“We are operating according to a new strategic concept—we will not allow threats to grow,” said IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir during a tour of Israel’s northern front.
The elite Lebanese terror force for years trained to invade northern Israel and seize communities under a plan known as “Conquer the Galilee.”
