Netanyahu Expands War Goals, Returning Residents to Lebanon border.
Netanyahu said, Israel will widen its war aims to include the return of residents of the north who were evacuated following raids by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. According to Netanyahu’s office, the security cabinet approved the decision during a late-night meeting. The Israeli forces have been responding to near-daily attacks from Hezbollah since 7 October when the group within Gaza targeted Israel.
Altogether, tens of thousands of Israelis were removed from their homes in towns near the northern border, and they have not been able to return due to severe damage caused by the rockets.
On Monday early morning, Israel’s defence minister Yoav Gallant stated that as “Hezbollah’ ties itself’ to Hamas and refuses to bring an end to the conflict, the possibility for the agreement is running out,” and for Israel’s northern communities to be able to return to their homes, it will have to be done through the military force.
Hundreds of people are known to have lost lives in the violence, most of whom are the fighters on the Lebanese side, and dozens of civilians and soldiers have lost their lives on the other end. They also led to displacing tens of thousands of people on both sides of the fighters-forcing them from their homes..
Gallant on Monday held a meeting with the visiting US special envoy for the Middle East negotiations, Amos Hochstein, to deliberate on military actions against Hezbollah and the interned Israeli’s, the defence ministry disclosed. In the morning, the defence minister called his American counterpart Lloyd Austin and pointed out that time was “running out” for a deal to end the war.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will widen its war aims to the return of residents from the north who fled due to attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. It is possible to say that tens of thousands of Israelis left towns in the northern frontier region that have suffered from rocket attacks and have not returned yet.
In the morning of Monday, Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, noted that the “chance for the agreement is dwindling as Hezbollah is ‘tying itself to Hamas and has no intention to stop the war.” So, in order to ‘resume people in the northern city to go home’, a military approach has to be used.
Earlier, Hezbollah officials stated that the group would retire if there were a ceasefire in Gaza. However, Israel has stated that they cannot allow militants to stay near the border of Lebanon’s south.
This has led to the death of hundreds of people, most of which are the fighters in Lebanon and, on the side of the Israeli’s, dozens of civilians and soldiers. It has also uprooted tens of thousands on each side of the conflict by making them leave their homes.
Gallant on Monday met visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein to discuss military operations against Hezbollah and the fate of the Israeli’s intimidated by cross-border raids, the defence ministry stated. During his meetings today, the defence minister briefed Lloyd Austin about the Situation and indicated that time is “running out to reach an understanding that will stop the war’.
