Netanyahu Rules Out Withdrawal From Lebanon - Shafaq News
Netanyahu said the troops will stay to shield northern Israel and vowed to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israeli forces would remain in southern Lebanon "as long as necessary" to protect northern residents, while vowing to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
- Hezbollah pulled Lebanon into the Middle East war in early March when Iran-backed militants fired rockets at Israel, prompting a joint US-Israel campaign that dealt severe blows to the Revolutionary Guards.
- Lebanon's health ministry reports 4,106 deaths and more than 12,100 wounded since March 2, though Netanyahu claims Israeli forces maintain a ratio of "five terrorists killed for every civilian" harmed in urban warfare.
- Iran warned Israel to "be careful" following threats to strike the Islamic republic, even as arch-foes held talks in Switzerland seeking a deal to end the Middle East war.
- Netanyahu stated peace with Lebanon will occur once the Iran-backed proxy is disarmed, asserting the joint campaign has created conditions for the Iranian regime to "not recover for a long time.
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Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon
Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will continue operating without restrictions in southern Lebanon and will remain in the country's south for the foreseeable future. In a video statement, Netanyahu said he had not changed his instructions to the military, insisting that Israeli troops have "no restrictions on this matter". "Our fighters in southern Lebanon…
IDF to remain in Lebanon ‘as long as we need to protect our people,’ Netanyahu says
Netanyahu said “no country” would do a better job in Lebanon, noting that the ratio of terrorists to noncombatants slain in the war has been as low as 5 to 1. By JNS The Israel Defense Forces will remain in Southern Lebanon “as long as we need to protect our people” from Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit on Sunday night. “The reason is perfectly understood; no country …
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