(Jun. 11, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
Israel is not at war with Lebanon but with Iranian proxy Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Wednesday in a video message to the Lebanese people. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo you remember what Lebanon was like before Iran and Hezbollah turned it into a nightmare?\u201d he asked. \u201cRemember the caf\u00e9s? Remember the culture? Remember the calm? All that\u2019s gone because Hezbollah and Iran want to drag us into war over and over and over again. You deserve better. Your children deserve better,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know by now that Israel will do whatever it takes to protect our families, our communities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a message for you, the people of Lebanon. Israel is not at war with you. We\u2019re at war with Hezbollah, that has taken your country hostage, that does Iran\u2019s bidding, that uses your territory to launch terrorist attacks against Israel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHezbollah is weaker than ever. Israel is stronger than ever. We\u2019ve taken out nearly 10,000 Hezbollah terrorists so far. We\u2019re systematically clearing out South Lebanon of these fanatics. No matter where they are, we\u2019ll find them,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Netanyahu emphasized the Israel yearns for peace with Lebanon. \u201cA peace where our two peoples can invest together, build together, thrive together. The only impediment, the only obstacle to this beautiful vision is Hezbollah. They want war, not peace. They want death, not life. They will sacrifice as many of you as possible to achieve their sick aims. Don\u2019t let your future be dictated by medieval theocrats hell-bent on destroying our common civilization,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeize your future. Join Israel. Build safety and prosperity for all of our children. And once Hezbollah is dismantled, the possibilities are endless. And they are sky high.\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Jun. 11, 2026 \/ JNS) Israel is not at war with Lebanon but with Iranian proxy Hezbollah, Israeli…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-487254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487254","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=487254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}