Netanyahu denies truce is imminent, orders army to attack with 'all forces' in Lebanon

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded Thursday to reports of a possible truce with the Shiite militia party Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon, and assured that he had given the army the order continue operations against the neighboring country “with all their might.”

“The news about the ceasefire is not true. “This is a Franco-American proposal to which the prime minister has not even responded,” Netanyahu’s office said via his X social media account after Washington and Paris raised the issue of a 21-day truce as a preliminary step to a cease-fire.

Thus, the Prime Minister’s Office emphasized that reports in the Israeli press about the army’s order to reduce the intensity of bombing while the proposal is under consideration “They contradict the truth.”

“The prime minister has instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to continue fighting at full strength and in accordance with the plans they presented to him,” he said, before insisting that the offensive on the Gaza Strip It will also continue “until all the objectives of the war are achieved.”

The reaction came after Washington and Paris demanded on Wednesday ‘Temporary’ 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah faced with a “diplomatic agreement” to “avoid further escalation on both sides of the border,” a proposal that has won the support of the European Union and a number of countries, including several Arab states.

Likewise, the UN Special Coordinator for LebanonJanine Hennis-Plashert, He welcomed the petition and expressed hope that it would receive “unequivocal support.” However, several Israeli ministers urged Netanyahu not to accept the proposal and to opt for military means.

They died in the last few hours. at least thirteen people in Lebanon because of new explosions carried out by Israel, which said it had bombed “approximately 75 Hezbollah terrorist targets in the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon, including ammunition depots, ready-to-fire launch pads, military buildings, terrorists and the organization’s military infrastructure.”

(Europe Press)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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