Rawad Taha reports on fears Israel-Hamas war could expand into Lebanon • FRANCE 24 English

Rawad Taha reports on fears Israel-Hamas war could expand into Lebanon • FRANCE 24 English

The Diplomatic uh channels were very very clear over the past few days uh everyone has been sending clear messages to Lebanon that Israel plans to retaliate in a much harder way if hisbah does not stop its military operations alongside the border and do them to retreat uh back and implement the 1701

UN resolution which calls for uh that south of the Lani River there should be no military presence except for the Lebanese Army and the United Nations keep peacekeeping force uh however hasbalah has also sent relayed messages through diplomatic channnel saying that there is no negotiation about southern

Lebanon before uh the war in Gaza ends so as long as the Israeli military operation in Gaza is continuing there is a clear possibility of massive escalation on the northern border of Israel and possibly some sort of a heavier escalation or heavier Israeli military operation in southern Lebanon given the fact that

Hasah made it clear that there is uh no pausing or halting to the military operations coming out of Southern Lebanon if there is no end to the War uh in Gaza something else to note in particular is a letter that was sent by uh a group that is representing the

Northern uh the northern Israeli settlements those settlements which were evacuated alongside lebanon’s border this group has officially sent a letter to the US president and the White House National Security Council asking for support uh to Israel in particular uh on in in reaching a solution to this uh to

This issue in the north as they mentioned and in particular the presence of Hezbollah alongside Israel’s northern border and we all know for a fact that Administration has been very reluctant to giving Israel any support when it comes to the Lebanese Arena and they were very clear that they don’t want a

Spillover of of that conflict into Southern Lebanon however the developments over the past few days and the intensity of the fighting which has been increasing up until now tells otherwise so I think the next couple of days are going to be very important

‘Over the past few days, everyone has been sending clear messages to Lebanon that Israel plans to retaliate in a much harder way if Hezbollah does not stop its military operations along the border,’ said Rawad Taha, reporting for FRANCE 24 from Nabatieh in Lebanon
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