{"id":487338,"date":"2026-06-11T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/487338\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T10:00:09","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-lebanon-can-prosper-once-hezbollah-is-dismantled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/487338\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu: Lebanon can prosper once Hezbollah is dismantled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel is at war with Hezbollah<\/a>, and not with the people of Lebanon<\/a>, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu said in a video message shared on his official X\/Twitter on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

The Hezbollah terror organization has “taken your country hostage, does Iran’s bidding, [and] uses your territory to launch terrorist attacks against Israel,” Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you remember what Lebanon was like before Iran<\/a> and Hezbollah turned it into a nightmare? Remember 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,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou deserve better. Your children deserve better. You know by now that Israel will do whatever it takes to protect our families, our communities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHezbollah<\/a> 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 stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou also know we yearn for peace with you, with Lebanon. A peace where our two peoples can invest together, build together, thrive together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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 hellbent on destroying our common civilization,\u201d Netanyahu added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael wants peace with you. Seize 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 he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel is at war with Hezbollah, and not with the people of Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33437,49,86,25601,85,46,88,43,2896,2201],"class_list":["post-487338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-beirut","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-hezbollah","tag-hezbollah-disarmament","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-terrorist","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487338","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=487338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}