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“We need to put our hand on the wheel, and it’s our time now and we cannot wait for anyone else to come and build our home again,” Nisan Zeevi, startup executive and defender of Kfar Giladi, told JNS.
U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein reportedly assured Beirut that Israeli forces will fully withdraw from Lebanon by Jan. 26.
Lebanon’s PM said its army will begin disarming the Iranian terrorist proxy.
He “will provide critical leadership as Lebanon and Israel” end hostilities between the Jewish state and Hezbollah, Biden said.
“I hope that this choice will contribute towards stability … and to good neighborly relations,” Sa’ar said.
The Israeli military detected suspects loading weapons onto the vehicle from former Hezbollah bases.
Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held by militias since her kidnapping in Baghdad in March 2023.
IDF OC Northern Command Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin reportedly warned of continued Hezbollah influence and potential rocket fire.
U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers praised the Lebanese Armed Forces, particularly commending the engineer corps for safely handling unexploded ordnance.
Open-source flight monitoring found Iran’s Mahan Air flew 11 flights over Turkey between Dec. 13, 2024 and the end of the year.
“These withdrawals will continue until all Israeli forces are out of Lebanon completely,” Amos Hochstein said.
The Biden envoy is to chair a meeting of the international monitoring mechanism.
