Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has said that the Israeli military will continue to hold all positions in Lebanon that it has “cleared and captured,” according to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Citing Katz, the report said the central objective of the Israeli military remains the disarmament of Hezbollah “by military or diplomatic means.”
He added that this goal is supported by a “significant diplomatic lever” involving direct US involvement and pressure on the Lebanese government.
Katz also said the Israeli army “holds and will continue to hold” all positions it has “cleared and captured.”
#From Al Jazeera