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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Senior IDF officer: Strikes in Lebanon ‘preview’ of what to come if Beirut doesn’t disarm Hezbollah
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Israel’s threats against Hezbollah and the Lebanese state continue to grow, as a senior military official tells Channel 12 news that Israeli strikes in Lebanon today are “just a preview” of what is to come if the terror group is not disarmed.
“If the Lebanese army does not disarm Hezbollah and fails to meet the demands of the ceasefire,” says the IDF officer, “Israel, with US backing, will attack Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, including in Beirut.”
Israel has given Beirut an ultimatum that it will carry out a broad operation if the Lebanese Armed Forces don’t step up their efforts, according to the outlet.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security cabinet tonight to discuss Hezbollah’s attempts to rebuild its military capabilities in recent months.
According to Channel 12, Israel handed evidence of Hezbollah’s rearmament and failure by the LAF to disarm the Shiite terror group to the US and France, who are both part of the mechanism monitoring the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
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