Almost a day after US President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers his first public comments, saying that Hezbollah is trying to sabotage the truce, The Times of Israel reports.
“I promised you that we would change the face of the Middle East,” says Netanyahu in a video released just before Shabbat, “and that is exactly what we are doing.”
Netanyahu says that he and Trump spoke by phone about the ceasefires with Iran and Lebanon.
Almost a day after US President Donald Trump announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers his first public comments, saying that Hezbollah is trying to sabotage the truce.
“I promised you that we would change the face of the Middle East,” says Netanyahu in a video released just before Shabbat, “and that is exactly what we are doing.”
Netanyahu says that he and Trump spoke by phone about the ceasefires with Iran and Lebanon.
“I had an excellent conversation with President Trump,” says Netanyahu. “He is putting very strong pressure on Iran, both economically and militarily. We are operating in full cooperation.”
“The same applies in Lebanon,” he continues. “We have begun a process to achieve a historic peace between Israel and Lebanon, and it is clear to us that Hezbollah is trying to sabotage this. We are maintaining full freedom of action against any threat, including emerging threats. We struck yesterday and we struck today. We are determined to restore security to the residents of the north.”
Trump announced the extension yesterday shortly after presiding over the second round of ambassador-level talks between the two countries at the White House.
Trump then took questions from reporters, claiming that any deal the US signs with Iran must include a provision barring Tehran from continuing to fund Hezbollah. He also clarified that the ceasefire does not bar Israel from launching strikes in self-defense and called for Lebanese legislation outlawing contact with Israelis to be scrapped, though he acknowledged having never heard of the law before.
Hezbollah has repeatedly violated the initial 10-day ceasefire that was set to expire at midnight Monday-Tuesday.
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