Beirut is the capital city of Lebanon, as well as the country's largest city. As one of the oldest and most continuously inhabited cities in the world, Beirut has a history that goes back thousands of years. Currently, it is the fourth-largest city in the Levant, behind Amman, Tel Aviv, and Damascus.
Israel "maintains a dialogue with the Americans" over nuclear deal talks with Iran, a political source told The Jerusalem Post.
The strike in Lebanon was a risky move that would only be taken due to a much more dangerous and unusual threat, defense sources indicated.
"Hezbollah is ready to discuss the matter of its arms if Israel withdraws from the five points and halts its aggression against Lebanese," the senior official said.
A recent report claimed that Iran has been relying on direct maritime smuggling routes to Lebanon or through an intermediary country.
Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, who is reported to have connections with the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, has previously claimed he is immune from prosecution.
In addition to losing monopoly over airspace, Hezbollah also lost control of land supply routes following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December.
Ortagus will demand that Lebanese authorities establish a schedule for Hezbollah’s disarmament, push for talks between Israel and Lebanon.
The IDF said on Tuesday in a statement that it attacked a Hezbollah terrorist "who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them."
Israel Katz issued a threat to Hezbollah, as he has done many times before. This time, however, the threat was not empty.
Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem says Israel violated the truce and warns that united resistance across the region will stop it from achieving through politics what it failed to in war.
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