Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said during a joint conference with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna on Sunday 12/17, “France can play a positive and important role in preventing a war in Lebanon” in light of the daily exchange of bombing across the border between the Hebrew state and Hezbollah, since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip. .
Published on: 12/17/2023 – 11:35
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He stressed, “Israel has no intention of opening another front on our northern border, but we will do everything necessary to protect our citizens.” Cohen pointed out that more than 50,000 Israelis were displaced from the northern border with Lebanon, adding, “We must ensure their security so that they can return to their homes.”
Cohen believed that “the only way to do this is to force Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River,” explaining, “There are two ways to do this: either through diplomacy or by force.”
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is on a visit to Tel Aviv, from which she called on Sunday morning for an immediate and permanent humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which could lead to a ceasefire. It also condemned “the killing of many civilians” and stressed at the same time not to forget the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. During this conference, I also discussed what is happening on the Lebanese-Israeli border. She is scheduled to visit Beirut on Monday 12/18.
Israel vowed to “eliminate” Hamas following the attack on October 7, and began a large-scale attack that led to massive destruction in the Gaza Strip. The ongoing bombardment caused the death of at least 18,800 people, about 70 percent of whom were women and children, according to Hamas.
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