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In the year-plus that followed, the IDF carried out regular strikes against Hezbollah targets, but the Lebanese official suggested that those were more measured and didn’t extend to include the complete destruction of entire villages.
Asked what that means practically, the Lebanese official argued that it starts with the IDF operating in a more targeted manner in south Lebanon The official said Beirut would like to see return to way the Israeli army functioned after the Nov 2024 ceasefire in Lebanon (9/10)
“My message today to the Israeli counterparty is that we both agree that Hezbollah must go, so you need to give some oxygen to the Lebanese state by strengthening its institutions,” they said. (8/10)
“But what’s happening in southern Lebanon — the indiscriminate attacks and destruction — has also created more justification for the Shiite community to claim that the government is failing to protect the country and that Hezbollah is still needed for that purpose." (7/10)
The Lebanese official insisted there is still a rare opportunity to act against Hezbollah, claiming the vast majority of the country still supports disarming the Iran-backed group. This has given Beirut the space to continue its talks with Israel. (6/10)
But comments from Katz boasting about completely flattening dozens of villages & pledging to remain in Lebanon indefinitely have given additional ammunition to critics of Lebanese gov's engagement w/ Israel, who argue that Jerusalem has territorial ambitions in the country (5/10)
Jerusalem has generally defended the widespread destruction in southern Lebanon by arguing that Hezbollah has riddled many of the villages along Israel’s northern border with tunnels and other military infrastructure. (4/10)
The official cited a strike from roughly 24 hours earlier in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Rumman, which the Lebanese health ministry said killed 11 people, including a paramedic, four women and two children. (3/10)
“The more Israel over-targets villages in the south… this has created enormous backlash against efforts we’re working on w/ Israel,” the official told ToI, on condition of anonymity, amid legislation in Beirut barring such contact (2/10)
🧵New: IDF strikes in south Lebanon are extending well beyond military infrastructure, consequently undermining Lebanese gov's efforts to disarm Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese official told @TimesofIsrael, in rare interview w/ Israeli news outlet (1/10) https://t.co/AyhPyBdHkI
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi told @TimesofIsrael his country is prepared to contribute to the International Stabilization Force tasked with helping secure the postwar Gaza Strip on behalf of the US-controlled Board of Peace. (1/6) https://t.co/thzs2DhWPO
Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub suggested earlier today that those divisions are why the elections — which haven’t been held since 2006 — may well end up being delayed yet again. (6/6) https://t.co/l8KfJ7eRnn
Polling has indicated the many current divisions within Fatah are harming the party’s chances to perform well in the election. (5/6) https://t.co/QOu1oX0g1c
Cairo already tried leaning on Abbas to reconcile with Dahlan ahead of an internal Fatah election earlier this year, but did not succeed. (4/6) https://t.co/awM9J5BOJt
Egypt believes reconciliation within Fatah is critical before the Palestinian legislative election currently scheduled for November 28. (3/6)
The second official says Sissi will use the meeting to again urge Abbas to reconcile with longtime Fatah rival Mohammad Dahlan, who heads a breakaway faction of Abbas’s Fatah party and has been living in exile in the UAE for more than 15 years. (2/6)
🧵New: PA President Mahmoud Abbas will travel to Cairo next week to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, a Palestinian official and a second official familiar with the matter tell @timesofisrael (1/6) https://t.co/g0JxCYblAd
A 2nd BoP official highlighted Bibi's refusal to allow recruits to new Pal police force to leave Gaza for training, even though they already cleared Israeli vetting to ensure they're not tied to Hamas. "The holdup prolongs existence of Hamas police armed with AK-47s." (14/14)
"Israel’s current policy is a pre-Oct. 7 policy of trying to keep Hamas in power," the official said, arguing that by not allowing for advancement of disarmament plan while also not launching op to try & defeat Hamas, Bibi is effectively prolonging its reign in Gaza. (13/14)
The Board of Peace official also stressed that Hamas, too, is operating in ways that go against the disarmament proposal by continuing to deploy gunmen in the streets of Gaza, in shows of force that have defied requests from Middle East mediating countries. (11/14)
In the meantime, the official noted that the board is still able to advance other elements of its 20-point plan to rebuild Gaza, including repairing water and sanitation infrastructure as well as establishing a new education system for the Strip. (10/14)
Regardless, BoP's leverage over Israel will return after elex, regardless of who wins, the official from the US-controlled panel insisted. At that point, whoever is PM won't want to pay price of blocking US-led initiative w/ widespread int'l backing, the official claimed(9/14)
Moreover, the official suggested many of Netanyahu's rivals who are using disarmament plan to attack him would themselves back proposal if they were in power. "If his rivals are politicizing the issue, we can't really expect Bibi to operate differently," 2nd source said. (8/14)
The Board of Peace official adamantly objected to such characterizations of the disarmament proposal, arguing that the plan still gives Israel the right to resume intensive military operations against Hamas if the group doesn't hand over its weapons. (7/14)
After the Board of Peace announced Hamas’s approval of its disarmament plan, Yashar chief Gadi Eisenkot used the opportunity to attack Netanyahu, accusing him of acquiescing to an initiative that would leave Hamas in power. (6/14)
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