By Deutsche Welle
Sep 26, 2024, 10:23 AM EDT
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (26.09.2024) called the news about the possible acceptance of a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon “incorrect” in the coming hours, saying fighting would continue “in full force,” shortly after a number of countries presented a proposal to cease fighting.
“The reports of a ceasefire are incorrect. “This is a Franco-American proposal, to which the Prime Minister has not even responded,” the statement said, referring to the truce proposal made by a coalition of foreign countries led by the United States and France, and including allies such as Canada and Germany, and Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Netanyahu’s office noted that the prime minister even “He gave instructions to the Armed Forces to continue the fighting with all their strength and in accordance with the plans that were presented to it.” And with regard to the Gaza Strip, a war that led Hezbollah to begin its attacks against northern Israel, he said that this conflict will only end “when all the objectives of the war are achieved.”
“Until victory”
This official statement comes after both Israeli and foreign media echoed the truce proposal announced by the White House, even going so far as to suggest, according to anonymous US officials, that The truce would be announced in a matter of hoursHowever, even before Netanyahu, part of his cabinet had completely ruled out that possibility.
The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, also expressed himself in the same hard line as Netanyahu, who stressed through a post on the social network X (Twitter) that “There will be no ceasefire in the north. We will continue to fight the terrorist organization Hezbollah with all our might until victory and the safe return of the inhabitants of the north to their homes.”
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