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Friday, August 23, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 23, 2024
Ben Gvir: Instead of attacking me online, Gallant should ‘start to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon’
After Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that National Security Minister Itamar Ben was endangering Israel’s security and sowing division among the public, the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit leader hits back, suggesting that “instead of attacking me on Twitter, start attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon.”
“You promised to return Lebanon to the Stone Age, meanwhile you’re returning the north to the Stone Age,” he accuses.
Gallant, in a June visit to Washington, said that Israel had the military capability to take Lebanon “back to the Stone Age,” but insisted that Jerusalem would prefer to find a diplomatic solution to the near-daily Hezbollah attacks instead.
