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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Ex-PM Bennett slams Hezbollah ceasefire deal as ‘a total security-diplomatic failure’
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett tears into the Hezbollah ceasefire deal that the security cabinet is expected to approve this evening, saying it won’t prevent Hezbollah from being able to launch attacks on Israel.
In a video statement, Bennett decries the lack of a planned buffer zone in Lebanon, saying Hezbollah will be able to rebuild homes along the border that the terror group can use as a staging point for an invasion of the north and as a place to launch anti-tank missiles from.
“Hezbollah still has its stockpile of tens of thousands of rockets,” Bennett says, “and it can continue producing [weapons] and rearming.”
“An impressive military achievement by IDF soldiers and commanders is being translated into a total security-diplomatic failure,” he adds.
