Quotes
The meeting today built on the meeting yesterday and made additional progress, so I will travel from here in a couple hours to Israel to try to bring this to a close if we can,
Hochstein told reporters in the Lebanese capital
In any agreement we will reach, we will need to keep the freedom to act if there will be violations."
Ahead of Hochstein's arrival, Israel's top diplomat Saar saidWe emphasise that the (Israeli army) is operating precisely against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation and is not operating against the Lebanon Armed Forces,
the military told AFP in a statement.jpg)
Israel cannot defeat us and cannot impose its conditions on us,
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said in an address broadcast shortly after Hochstein announced he would travel to IsraelViolent clashes are taking place" between Hezbollah and Israeli forces
it addedOur second battle after the battle to support Gaza began two months ago … which is to repel the comprehensive aggression against Lebanon.”
On Wednesday, Qassem said
These comments were presented to the U.S. envoy and they were discussed with him in detail,
Qassem said
It’s a safe residential neighborhood. There is nothing here at all” that would present a target
he said
We are going to work with the incoming administration. We're already going to be discussing this with them. They will be fully aware of what we're doing,
Hochstein said.jpg)
The condition for any diplomatic settlement in Lebanon is preserving our intelligence capabilities and the (Israeli military's) right to act and protect Israel's citizens from Hezbollah,
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told intelligence officers at a meeting on Wednesday
As the window is now, I hope the coming days yield a resolute decision,
he added
From the beginning, there are no goods, and even if they are available, there is no money,
she said
Take aid into a war zone a few trucks at a time, what do we expect a displaced, hungry and traumatized population to do?”
she said of the theftSpecifically today, we have continued to significantly narrow the gaps,
he told reporters after the two-hour meetingI came back because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end,
Hochstein said at a press conference after the meeting
The situation needs internal political understandings to determine the role of Hezbollah in the security and military sphere in Lebanon,
said Jouni, the retired brigadier generalThe Lebanese army is in a situation that is sensitive and difficult. It cannot practice normal missions like the armies of other countries because there is another military force in the country,
said retired Lebanese brigadier general Hassan Jouni, referring to Hezbollah, which enjoys a semi-formal military status as a resistance forceYou will not be able to sever the connection between the army and the resistance (Hezbollah),
he said, addressing those he said were trying to nudge the army to take on the groupTheir priority now is to remain intact for the day after,
one of them saidSo this point would never stop existing because the main objective of this war, the way I see it, is to end Hezbollah completely and never see this much power in Lebanon,
he added