From Senior Israeli official insists IDF can resume fighting after Biden envoy says truce is permanent
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
US special envoy Amos Hochstein gives a statement to the media after his meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
After US special envoy Amos Hochstein tells CNBC that the ceasefire in Lebanon is permanent and that there won’t be any more fighting, Israel fires back, promising to act against any threat.
“Contrary to what was attributed to Hochstein,” says a senior Israeli official, “fighting can restart at any moment, as we saw today.”
“Israel will act firmly against any violation of the ceasefire, and is prepared militarily for any scenario,” says the official.
