Lapid welcomes widespread IDF strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon: ‘The time has come’

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid addresses a meeting of his Yesh Atid faction in the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid addresses a meeting of his Yesh Atid faction in the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid welcomes the IDF’s widespread strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, declaring that “the time has come.”

In a statement he says he he gives his support to the military and calls on Israel’s forces to “be strong and courageous and do not fear or worry until all the residents of the north return home safely.”

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