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Sunday, April 2, 2023
Gallant: ‘We have tensions on all fronts… we will not allow Hezbollah to harm us’
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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warns Iran and Hezbollah that Israel will not tolerate any efforts to harm it or Israeli citizens.
“We have tensions on all fronts,” he says in a pre-Passover toast with soldiers in the Etzion Brigade in the West Bank. “The Iranians are extending their outreach to Judea and Samaria and Gaza, and are attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and Lebanon. We will not allow the Iranians and Hezbollah to harm us. We have not allowed it in the past, we won’t allow it now, or anytime in the future. When necessary – we will push them out of Syria to where they belong – and that is Iran.”
Gallant did not mention the fact that he was fired last week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — although he has yet to be sent an official letter notifying him of his dismissal, leaving him in limbo, while some in the government lobby for his return.
The Times of Israel Community.