Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday evening at the IDF Officer Training School (Bahad 1) that Israel will remain in the areas it controls inside Lebanon for as long as required. The remark reinforces previous pledges to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, amid ongoing diplomatic and military activity on the northern front.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's latest remark on the northern front came during a visit to the IDF Officer Training School on Thursday evening, according to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). Netanyahu stated that Israeli forces will stay in the areas they control inside Lebanon for as long as necessary.
The statement echoes a series of recent declarations by the Prime Minister, as The Zioneer has reported over the past week. On Sunday Netanyahu said Israel would maintain security buffer zones in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon indefinitely. On Monday, he reportedly pushed back against an Iranian demand linking an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. On Tuesday, he explicitly said Israeli forces are not leaving Lebanon. The cumulative message signals an open-ended Israeli military posture inside Lebanese territory, despite international pressure and diplomatic negotiations.
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