Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday that his country has defeated Hezbollah and that
eliminating its leader Hassan Nasrallah
was the crowning achievement.
“Now it is our job to continue to put pressure in order to bring about the fruits of that victory,” Katz said during a ceremony at Israel’s foreign ministry.
Katz said Israel is not interested in meddling in
internal Lebanese politics
as Israel has “learned our lessons,” but that he hoped an international coalition would capitalize on this opportunity politically and that Lebanon would join other countries in
normalizing relations with Israel
.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson said Monday that the Israeli leader did approve the pager attacks that dealt a deadly blow to Hezbollah in September.
The Israeli military, which has been engaged in cross-border fighting with Hezbollah since
the start of the Gaza war
in October 2023, at first declined to respond to questions about the detonations.
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