Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday night again called for a 'price-tag' response to rocket fire from Lebanon, urging the demolition of buildings in Beirut's Dahieh district. The call, reported by Israeli media, echoes earlier political demands for a strike on the Hezbollah stronghold.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday evening renewed his call for a 'price-tag' retaliation against rocket fire from Lebanon, explicitly urging the demolition of buildings in Beirut's Dahieh district. The remarks, reported by Israeli media, come amid an ongoing exchange of fire across the border and repeated political demands for a major strike in the Hezbollah-controlled suburb. As The Zioneer has previously reported (June 8, 14:14), MK Avichay Buaron issued a similar warning, stating the IDF would strike Dahieh if necessary. Several other politicians, including Avigdor Liberman, have also called for strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs. The security cabinet has not formally authorized such an operation, and no concrete operational directive from Smotrich — whose portfolio is finance, not defense — was cited in the report. The call remains a political statement, not an official government policy announcement.
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