The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, conveyed this Thursday to the United States that any ceasefire agreement with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah must guarantee that there are no “security threats” to the country from Lebanon.
Thus, he said that “the main issue is not the paperwork surrounding one agreement or another, but Israel’s ability and determination to enforce it and thwart any threat to its security from Lebanon, so that the return is allowed.” of residents to their homes.
Netanyahu conveyed this message during a meeting in Jerusalem with Amos Hochstein, one of the White House’s main envoys for the Middle East, and the coordinator of the United States National Council for the Middle East, Brett McGurk, as indicated by his office through of your account on social network X.
The Israeli Army unleashed a new invasion of Lebanon on October 1 after several weeks of intense bombings and attacks against the country, including the coordinated explosion of thousands of communication devices, after more than eleven months of fighting with Hezbollah in the border area. .
The Government of Lebanon has put the death toll at more than 2,800 and around 13,000 injured due to the attacks carried out by Israel since October 8, 2023, after the militia party began firing projectiles in support of the Palestinian groups following the attacks carried out the day before against Israeli territory.