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IDF told Netanyahu that the time is right for Lebanon ceasefire — TV report
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi follow Israel's strike in Yemen from the IAF operations room at the Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
The IDF has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the time is right for a ceasefire in Lebanon, Channel 12 reports, citing a close Netanyahu aide.
The army has achieved the goals it set out of destroying Hezbollah infrastructure along the border and removing the possibility of a raid into northern Israel by pushing Hezbollah back, while drastically reducing its rocket arsenal, it has told the prime minister, according to the report.
But if the efforts to achieve a ceasefire collapse, says Channel 12, the IDF has plans for an expansion of its operation in Lebanon.
