Israel’s newly appointed minister of protection stated Sunday his nation has defeated Hezbollah, noting that the elimination of the Lebanese terrorist group’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah, was the crowning achievement.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 27 when the Israel Protection Forces attacked the Iran-backed group’s headquarters in southern Beirut.
Late final month, the Israeli navy additionally stated it eradicated Hashem Safieddine, who was extensively anticipated to take management of Hezbollah after Nasrallah was killed.
“Now it is our job to continue to put pressure in order to bring about the fruits of that victory,” Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz stated Sunday throughout a ceremony at Israel’s international ministry.
HEZBOLLAH CONFIRMS DEATH OF SENIOR COMMANDER IN LINE TO REPLACE HASSAN NASRALLAH
Israel Katz (Reuters/Florion Goga/File)
Katz added that Israel just isn’t all in favour of meddling in inner Lebanese politics as Israel has “learned our lessons.” He additionally stated he hoped a world coalition would capitalize on this chance, politically, and that Lebanon would be part of different nations in normalizing relations with Israel.
On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his protection minister, Yoav Gallant, earlier than later within the day asserting that Katz could be Gallant’s alternative.
The transfer got here as Israel is engaged in a number of conflicts, combating Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, in addition to exchanging long-range blows with Iran.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FIRES DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT
IDF troops combat Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon. (IDF Spokesman’s Unit)
In later remarks to the media, Gallant stated he and Netanyahu disagreed on three points: the drafting of Haredi males into the military; getting the hostages dwelling; a state fee of inquiry into the intelligence failures previous to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assaults.
Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday, once more placing the neighborhood the place Safieddine was killed final month.
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Hezbollah additionally launched a number of rockets into northern Israel and claimed credit score for a drone assault that broken Netanyahu’s dwelling.
Fox Information Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Reuters contributed to this report.
