2024-01-01 04:06:39
The Israeli government session, on Sunday evening, witnessed verbal altercations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the one hand, and Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat, and Minister of Social Equality Amichai Shekli, on the other hand, once morest the backdrop of the way the war was being conducted with the Hezbollah militias in Lebanon.
According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation,placeBarakat explained that there is “a feeling among Israeli public opinion that the military activities on the northern front emerge from the security concept that preceded the October 7 attacks,” referring to the fact that military methods and rules of engagement have not changed.
Barakat considered that “the battles once morest Hezbollah are very similar to the rounds of fighting once morest Hamas in the past.” He also saw that Israel “had a rare opportunity to restore the prestige of deterrence on the most important front, which is the Iranian front in Lebanon.”
In turn, Shikli said, “The liquidation of regarding 100 Hezbollah saboteurs does not have a strong impact,” adding: “We are just telling ourselves stories.”
A senior Israeli official threatens to open a “new war front” once morest Hezbollah
While Israel continued its military operations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a member of the country’s war cabinet threatened to move on the second front, along the northern border with Lebanon, where Hezbollah exchanges fire on an almost daily basis with Israel.
On Wednesday, Israeli War Council member Benny Gantz threatened to open a “new war front” with Hezbollah militias.
He told reporters: “The time for a diplomatic solution is running out… and if the world and the Lebanese government do not move to prevent the shooting of the residents of northern Israel, and to remove Hezbollah from the border, the Israeli army will do so.”
Gantz added: “The next stages of the fighting will also be deep, strong, and surprising,” noting that “the campaign will continue and expand as necessary, to more outposts or fronts.”
Since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist movement, in the Gaza Strip on October 7, the border area with southern Lebanon has witnessed an increasing military escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hezbollah began carrying out operations once morest Israeli military targets, placing this within the framework of supporting the “Palestinian resistance,” as it says in its statements.
Israel responds to these repeated attacks on a daily basis, by bombing border areas, targeting what it describes as the movements of Hezbollah fighters and its military infrastructure near the border.
Axios: Israel informs Washington of its “condition” for ending clashes with Hezbollah
Israel has informed the administration of US President Joe Biden that it wants to push Hezbollah forces 6 miles (regarding 10 km) from the border as part of a diplomatic agreement to end tensions with Lebanon, three Israeli and American officials told Axios.
It is noteworthy that Resolution 1701 was issued in the summer of 2006, stipulating an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in the July War, and limiting military deployment in the area south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon to the United Nations peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese army.
Diplomatic sources reported in recent weeks that Israel wants Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from southern Litani, at the risk of escalating the military confrontation. For its part, Hezbollah confirms the absence of any visible public presence in the border area.
Israel evacuated tens of thousands of civilians from Israeli villages and towns near the border.
The Israeli government has said publicly that, in order to allow Israeli citizens to return to their homes, the situation must change either through a diplomatic solution or military action.
Israel informed the administration of US President Joe Biden that it wants to push Hezbollah forces to a distance of 6 miles (regarding 10 km) from the border as part of a diplomatic agreement to end tensions with Lebanon, 3 Israeli and American officials told Axios earlier last month.
The same website indicated that the US administration is deeply concerned that the escalating border skirmishes will lead to an all-out war that will be worse than the conflict in Gaza.
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