Israeli officials say Hezbollah has launched more than 7,000 rockets, missiles and drones into Israel since early March while embedding military infrastructure inside civilian areas and Christian villages in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
The claims were made by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar during MUNI EXPO in Tel Aviv as Israel, Lebanon and the United States continue negotiations aimed at securing Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament and a lasting peace agreement.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cSince March alone, Hezbollah has launched more than 7,000 rockets, missiles and drones from Lebanese territory into Israel,\u201d Sa\u2019ar said. \u201cWhat country can accept this and not act to restore security to its citizens?\u201d<\/p>\n Sa\u2019ar said Hezbollah launched the current conflict under Iranian direction and argued that both Israel and Lebanon share the same enemy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe and Lebanon have a common enemy,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is the enemy of Lebanon\u2019s future, sovereignty, and independence, and it is also the enemy of Israel\u2019s security. That enemy is Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n Order Jonathan Cahn\u2019s New Book, \u201cThe Altar of Pergamon\u201d on Amazon.com!<\/a><\/p>\n According to the Israel Defense Forces, Hezbollah has used Christian villages, including Qawzah, to launch rockets and anti-tank missiles while operating from civilian infrastructure in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. The IDF also said it released drone footage in March showing Hezbollah fighters entering a building in a Christian village before it was struck.<\/p>\n Lebanese Christian MP Ghassan Hasbani also criticized Hezbollah\u2019s actions.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cHezbollah decided single-handedly to reenter the war triggered by the events in Iran,\u201d Hasbani said. \u201cThis is a suicide action by Hezbollah, taking the whole country, the whole of Lebanon, into a regional conflict, into the unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n Sa\u2019ar has urged the United Nations to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, press Lebanon to disarm the group and recognize Iran as a threat to international peace.<\/p>\n Israeli officials say Hezbollah still possesses thousands of rockets despite months of fighting, and Defense Minister Israel Katz said military operations will continue until northern Israeli communities can safely return home.<\/p>\n As this conflict continues, we are reminded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Ps. 122:6), for the protection of innocent civilians, and for our Christian brothers and sisters in Lebanon who remain caught in the middle of the fighting. <\/p>\n James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a journalism background from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and at the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of\u00a0The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man\u2019s Commentary<\/a> and a contributor to\u00a0Charisma\u00a0magazine. For interviews and media inquiries, please contact\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli officials say Hezbollah has launched more than 7,000 rockets, missiles and drones into Israel since early March…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4499,86,85,46,88,43,34233,172714,126],"class_list":["post-523000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-christians","tag-hezbollah","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-news","tag-prayer","tag-rocket-attacks","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523000","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=523000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}