Wassim Seifeddine<\/p>\n
21 April 2026\u2022Update: 21 April 2026<\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s army chief, Rodolphe Haykal, said Tuesday that Lebanon will reclaim \u201cevery inch of its land\u201d under Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n
Haykal made the remarks during a visit to the headquarters of the 12th Infantry Brigade in the Qobbeh area of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, where he reviewed operations and met with officers and troops, according to a military statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cCivil peace is the strongest weapon to protect Lebanon from the threats it faces, and that is achieved through the army\u2019s resilience and determination,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who undermines the military institution and questions its role, whether knowingly or not, serves the objectives of the Israeli occupation and stirs divisions that fuel internal strife,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He vowed that \u201cLebanon will reclaim every inch of its land under Israeli occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel occupies areas in southern Lebanon, some for decades and others since recent wars on the country.<\/p>\n
Lebanese media reported that Washington is expected to host a second round of preliminary peace talks Thursday between Lebanon and Israel at the ambassadorial level, although no official announcement has been made.<\/p>\n
Israel continues to violate a 10-day ceasefire announced last week by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Since March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed 2,294 people, wounded 7,544, and displaced more than 1 million, according to official figures.<\/p>\n
*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wassim Seifeddine 21 April 2026\u2022Update: 21 April 2026 Lebanon\u2019s army chief, Rodolphe Haykal, said Tuesday that Lebanon will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":{"0":"post-403800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-sitekeywords"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}