‘Hezbollah disarms or Israel acts’: Netanyahu, Ortagus meet as Israel-Lebanon tensions flare
The Jerusalem Post reports: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday met with US President Donald Trump’s envoy for Lebanon affairs, Morgan Ortagus, in Israel as border tensions with Lebanon intensify, according to Israeli officials.
Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder joined the meeting. The talks come one year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which Israeli officials say is eroding.
‘If there is no dramatic change by the end of the agreement period, another round of fighting in the north is almost inevitable,’ a security official told The Jerusalem Post…
Representatives of the countries overseeing the ceasefire’s implementation are due to meet on Wednesday in Naqoura. Ortagus is expected to attend the session, then travel to Beirut to convey a message from senior Israeli officials. The message, according to officials, is direct: ‘Either Hezbollah disarms, or Israel will be forced to act.’…”
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