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In a separate assertion on X, opposition chief Yair Lapid stated the Israeli authorities ought to solely comply with a seven-day ceasefire.
This could “forestall Hezbollah from restoring its command and management techniques”, Lapid stated.
“We is not going to settle for any proposal that doesn’t embody the withdrawal of Hezbollah from our northern border.”
Smotrich, together with far-right Israeli Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, has been a robust advocate of continuous the battle in Gaza too, the place Israeli forces have been battling Palestinian militants led by the Islamist group Hamas since Oct 7.
The Gaza war erupted when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, and Hezbollah started firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon a day later in what it says is solidarity with its ally Hamas.
Since then, Israel and Hezbollah have been engaged in fierce cross-border clashes, which worsened this week when Israel launched a withering bombing marketing campaign in southern Lebanon focusing on Hezbollah websites within the deadliest violence since Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil battle.
