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I’d love for you to take on more, cause I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess.”
The newly inaugurated Republican president You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One yesterday, Trump, an ally of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said There has been a delay at a number of stages as a result of the procrastination in the withdrawal from the Israeli enemy's side,
the army said in a statement A lot of things that were ordered and paid for by Israel, but have not been sent by Biden, are now on their way!"
Trump posted on his Truth Social platform I'd like Egypt to take people."
There is still a lot of IDF (Israeli army) activity going on in the area,
said Maj Dinesh Bhandari of Unifil’s Nepalese battalion in Mays al-Jabal overlooking the Blue Line Anyone who moves south of this line puts themselves in danger,
The withdrawal process is conditional upon the Lebanese army deploying in southern Lebanon and fully and effectively enforcing the agreement, with Hezbollah withdrawing beyond the Litani River,
a statement from Netanyahu's office said There are officials in the White House who are close to the president and oppose allowing the IDF to delay the withdrawal from Lebanon. What happens over the weekend will be critical not only to the Lebanese theatre, but also to the relationship between the administrations in Washington and Jerusalem,
commentator Ron Ben-Yishai wrote in Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth on Friday You can see looking at the Lebanese side that we made them pay a price,
said the reservist commander, who asked not to be identified I was against the ceasefire. I would rather keep doing this for another year, or two years, if it means that Hezbollah is completely gone from the border,
David Azoulai, the head of Metula’s regional council, told the Guardian during a visit to the town’s underground command centre last week If we stop now, residents will come back, we will rebuild, we will reinforce security. But we will be letting [Hezbollah] decide when the next disaster like 7 October will be,
Azoulai added, referring to the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023 that triggered Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon I went back to visit my house last week and it was fine, there were no rockets, but it still felt strange, like it wasn’t home any more,
There have been positive movements where the Lebanese army and [ theUN Interim Force in Lebanon] have taken the place of Hezbollah forces, as stipulated in the agreement,
Israeli government spokesmen David Mencer told reporters, referring to the UN peacekeeping mission UNIFIL For Lebanon, it is key that the country can be rebuilt quickly,
Hezbollah is not in a position to resume fighting with Israel at the moment,
This system must end, people must have the feeling that it is the state that is taking care of their needs,
the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung expert told DW On the one hand, it is important that the Shiites who have been expelled from the south can return to their homes. And, secondly, it should be the Lebanese state who does the reconstruction work and not Hezbollah,
This weakens the organization greatly,
Overall, both sides, Israel and Hezbollah, as well as the crisis-ridden Lebanese state have a fundamental interest in maintaining the ceasefire,
Merin Abbass, who heads the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's Lebanon office in Beirut, told DW
