Israel will not achieve its goals in Lebanon through military strikes, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun tells three Scandinavian ambassadors, according to the Lebanese readout.
After Hezbollah renewed its rocket and drone fire at northern Israel last week, Israel has been striking the Iran-backed group across Lebanon, killing more than 200 of its fighters.
Aoun stresses Lebanon’s “full readiness” to resume negotiations with Israel to discuss “the essential security points necessary to halt the dangerous Israeli escalation.”
Aoun also issues a thinly-veiled warning to Hezbollah and its allies, saying the army will continue confiscating arms when conditions permit.
Any attempts to target the Lebanese Army “aligns, directly or indirectly, with the goals of those working to drag Lebanon into the ongoing regional war,” says Aoun, “bypassing the will of the majority of Lebanese who are weary of wars and their repercussions and insist on the state’s exclusive right to decide on war and peace.”
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