Netanyahu denies accepting Lebanon cease-fire proposal
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied media reports Thursday that he had agreed to a temporary cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
“This is an American-French proposal that the prime minister hasn’t even responded to,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.
The US, the EU, and nine other nations called on Israel and Hezbollah late Wednesday to agree to a 21-day cease-fire.
Israeli Channel 12 reported early Thursday that Netanyahu had greenlighted a temporary cease-fire in Lebanon to pave the way for negotiations with Hezbollah.
The Israeli premier also dismissed reports that he had asked the army to tone down its airstrikes in Lebanon, saying that he had ordered the military to keep striking with full force.
Netanyahu also said that Israel’s attacks in Gaza “will continue until all the goals of the war are achieved.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz also rejected any cease-fire in Lebanon.
“We will continue to fight the Hezbollah terror group with full force until victory and the return of residents of the north to their homes safely,” Katz said.
Israel has pounded Lebanon since Monday morning, killing at least 610 people and injuring 2,000 others, according to figures released by the Health Ministry.
Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border clashes since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,500 people, mostly women and children, since October last year.
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