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.