Netanyahu rejects US-French suggestion of three-week pause, hours after Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon kills 23 Syrians

Israel’s prime minister indicated that he “did not even respond” to proposals aimed at bringing about a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, as Israeli forces continued raining down air strikes on Lebanon.

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron published a joint statement calling for a 21-day truce, aimed at paving the way for broader negotiations for a permanent ceasefire.

Just hours later, however, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office rejected the idea.

“The news about a ceasefire - not true. This is an American-French proposal, to which the prime minister did not even respond,” his office said.

“The prime minister instructed the [Israeli army] to continue the fighting with full force, and according to the plans presented to them,” it said, adding that hostilities would continue in Gaza too.

      • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Looking at the source, it’s very unclear to me how they count.

        For example:

        1. Hezbollah launches 50 missiles from 10 locations at Israel at the same time. Is that 1 attack, 10, or 50?
        2. The IDF then bombs the 10 locations where the missiles were launched from. Is that 1 attack or 10?

        In self defense, it’s allowed to deny the attacker the ability to continue his attack. That means if you have a stack of 10 snow balls and throw one in my face, it’s okay to destroy all 10 snow balls to stop the attack.

      • Keeponstalin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        You might be confusing it with Southern Lebanon like I did. Although the continued occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights and Palestine are a certainly related to the continued existence of Hezbollah. They are against all Zionist Settler Colonialism, not just when it’s done in Lebanon

        https://lemmy.world/comment/12580668

        • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          1 day ago

          it’s Lebanese but Israel occupies it and claims it’s Syrian. But Syria claims it’s Lebanese. Don’t ask me why Israel is occupying land which they claim belongs to Syria.

          The Shebaa Farms, also spelled Sheba’a Farms (Arabic: مزارع شبعا, Mazāri’ Šib‘ā; Hebrew: חוות שבעא Havot Sheba‘a), also known as Mount Dov (Hebrew: הר דב, romanized: Har Dov), is a strip of land on the Lebanese–Syrian border and currently occupied by Israel. Lebanon claims the Shebaa farms as its own territory, and Syria agrees with this position. However, Israel claims the territory belongs to Syria. This dispute plays a significant role in contemporary Israel–Lebanon relations.