But he added that Israel “must retain the freedom to carry out operations inside Lebanon in the event of violation of any agreement.”
In an interview with Reuters, he said: Cohen“I think we are at a stage where we are closer than ever to reaching an arrangement since the beginning of the war.”
He said that one of the main points of contention for Israel is ensuring that it maintains the freedom to carry out operations, if Hezbollah returns to the border areas where it may pose a threat to Israeli towns.
The Israeli official added: “We will be less lenient than before with attempts to establish strongholds in lands close to Israel. That is what we will be, and that is certainly how we will deal with it.”
Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister intends Benjamin Netanyahu Preparing a plan for a ceasefire in Lebanon as a “gift” to US President-elect Donald Trump, according to what the American newspaper “The Washington Post” reported.
The newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that there was an understanding that… Israel She will present a gift to Trump, and that “next January there will be an understanding regarding Lebanon.”
She added, citing three current and former Israeli officials, that “an aide close to Netanyahu told Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, that Israel is rushing to move forward with the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon with the aim of providing an early foreign policy victory for the president-elect.”
