Katz Declares: "We Did Not Ask Permission To Enter Lebanon, And We Will Not Need Permission To Stay"

Katz to Trump: We don’t need permission to stay in southern Lebanon

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, July 09 (YPA) – Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz asserted that the occupation forces do not need permission from anyone to remain in southern Lebanon, responding to statements by US President Donald Trump suggesting the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied areas in the south. In a statement, the Israeli Defense Ministry []

'We will not leave': Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in 'occupied' southern Lebanon

'We will not leave': Netanyahu visits Israeli troops in 'occupied' southern Lebanon

Katz declares: ‘We did not ask permission to enter Lebanon, and we will not need permission to stay’

Katz said the security zone is intended to deny Hezbollah the ability to harm residents of the north. The post Katz declares: ‘We did not ask permission to enter Lebanon, and we will not need permission to stay’ appeared first on World Israel News.

Withdrawal cannot be a gesture of faith: US, Israel must align on Lebanon - editorial

“We did not ask anyone’s permission to enter Lebanon, and we do not need permission to stay in Lebanon,” Israel Katz said, adding that Israeli forces would remain until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Netanyahu visits occupied southern Lebanon, says Israel won't leave yet

TEL AVIV, June 30 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose a threat.It was the first visit by Netanyahu to occupied Lebanese territory since the Israeli and Lebanese governments reached a security agreement last Friday mediated by the United States under which Israel will hand over two areas to Lebanon's army.

Framework deal begins with Israeli withdrawal from 2 pilot areas in southern Lebanon: Lebanese embassy

Measures include gradual, comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from all Lebanese territory, full respect for Lebanon’s sovereignty, says embassy in US

Israel Defense Minister Katz: "Even if the US will demand Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon [...]

Israel Defense Minister Katz: Even if the US will demand Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon - we will not withdraw from Lebanon

Defense minister says Israel has no territorial claims over Lebanon, but will not withdraw 'a millimeter'

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel will not leave southern Lebanon until the Lebanese army dismantles Hezbollah's military infrastructure, adding that the U.S. supports maintaining Israel's self-declared security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza

Netanyahu vows indefinite Israeli military presence in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza

ALBAWABA- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have ruled out a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, reaffirming plans to maintain a long-term military presence in what Israel describes as security zones in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza...

Netanyahu visits occupied southern Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu on Tuesday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose a threat. It was the first visit by Netanyahu to occupied ‌Lebanese territory since the Israeli and Lebanese governments reached a security agreement last Friday mediated by the US under which Israel will hand over two areas to Lebanon's Army. Our insistence i

Netanyahu declares Israeli military not leaving Lebanon until Hezbollah threat eliminated

Prime Minister Netanyahu today (Tuesday) visited the security zone in southern Lebanon where he declared, as long as Hezbollah, armed, is here, threatening us--we are staying here, and, we are not leaving southern Lebanon until the threat is eliminated.

Netanyahu Declares Israel Will Not Leave Lebanon, Putting the Iran MoU at Risk

Netanyahu stood with Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon on July 1 and declared the military will not leave while Hezbollah is armed — a position Iran has said constitutes grounds for annulment of the Islamabad MoU. The US has brokered two incompatible agreements and offered no mechanism to reconcile them.

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon

Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in southern Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will continue operating without restrictions in southern Lebanon and will remain in the country's south for the foreseeable future. In a video statement, Netanyahu said he had not changed his instructions to the military, insisting that Israeli troops have no restrictions on this matter. Our fighters in southern Lebanon have full freedom of action to thwart any direct or developing threat to them or to the residents of [northern Israel], he said. Netanyahu added that Israel would maintain its presence in what he described as a security zone in southern Lebanon for as long as is required, despite the US-Iran agreement and continued calls for an Israeli withdrawal.

Israel announces it has granted itself permission to stay in Lebanon

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stressed in a statement on Thursday that Israel didn't ask for anyone's approval when it entered Lebanon, further adding that it [doesn't] need approval to stay [there], AzerNEWS reports.

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JUST IN: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Iran tried to force us to withdraw from Lebanon, and that will not happen.@BRICSNews

Will Israel Leave Southern Lebanon?

"We will NOT LEAVE until Hezbollah is DISARMED." Israeli Special Envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum comments on Israel's conditions for withdrawing from southern Lebanon. #Lebanon

Baghaei: We demand timetable for Zionist entity's withdrawal from Lebanese territory

Baghaei: We demand timetable for Zionist entity's withdrawal from Lebanese territory

Israel, Lebanon sign U.S.-brokered agreement to restore Lebanese sovereignty to southern part of country

Under the deal, Hezbollah would withdraw, or be removed, from designated pilot zones that would then be transferred simultaneously from Israeli control to the Lebanese Armed Forces

Israeli defense minister says IDF won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if US demands it

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israel Defense Forces will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if the United States demands it. Katz’s comment is the first time any top Israeli official has publicly said they would go against the U.S. regarding Lebanon, after two weeks of avoidance. Stressing the danger posed to soldiers, []

Katz: IDF Will Not Withdraw from Southern Lebanon Despite Any US Requests

​Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the Israeli military will not withdraw from southern Lebanon, even if there are American demands to do so.

War: We won’t withdraw from security zone in Lebanon – Israel insists

Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz has said Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon. In a statement on Sunday, Katz said the Israel Defence Forces, IDF, are free to act to eliminate threats. “Preserving the lives of our soldiers and citizens is a top and absolute priority,” Katz said. The statement was made [] War: We won’t withdraw from security zone in Lebanon – Israel insists

US delegation in Lebanon to discuss Israel 'pilot zone' withdrawal: official

A US military delegation met with Lebanon’s army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from a “pilot zone” in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP on Saturday. Under a framework agreement reached on June 26, Israel will gradually withdraw from areas of southern Lebanon where it has deployed troops to [] The post US delegation in Lebanon to discuss Israel 'pilot zone' withdrawal: official appeared first on HESPRESS English - Morocco News.

CNN: Israel Considering Symbolic Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon

CNN, citing an informed Israeli source, reported that the Zionist regime is considering announcing a symbolic withdrawal from southern Lebanon as part of upcoming negotiations with the Lebanese government in Washington; a move which, according to the source, aims to prioritize the diplomatic path and separate Lebanon from the US-Iran negotiations.

‘Hezbollah to respond to any Israeli violation’

Hezbollah chief Naim ​Qassem said on ‌Sunday that Israel will not ​stay in ​Lebanon, adding that the group would ​respond to any ​violation from the Israeli side. His statements ​came as ​Israeli officials say that ‌troops are free to act without restriction to eliminate ​threats ​in Lebanon despite an agreed ​ceasefire that ​took effect on [] The post ‘Hezbollah to respond to any Israeli violation’ appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

Netanyahu orders all Hezbollah infrastructure destroyed

Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out the withdrawal of troops from Lebanon until Hezbollah is fully disarmed and no longer posing a threat to Israel.

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: Senior Israeli officials tell Channel 12 that no American request for a Leban [...]

— NEW: Senior Israeli officials tell Channel 12 that no American request for a Lebanon withdrawal has been made: Our message at all levels is the same: staying on the yellow line is a red line.Israel is reportedly considering only “small withdrawals” from southern Lebanon, including from the buffer zone.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​@IntelSlava

Israeli strikes further weakens deal between Israel and Lebanon

Lebanese Parliament Speaker and Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri said the agreement would 'not pass' in its current form, calling it a dictate that does not preserve 'Lebanon's rights.'

After Displacing Hundreds of Thousands, Netanyahu Claims Lebanese Christians Want Israel to Annex Their Villages

Among the Christian villages in Lebanon, some have even asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them from the fanatics of Hezbollah who want to kill them. And we do the same thing with Christians everywhere, Netanyahu said in a Fox News interview. It's not only the Christians in Lebanon who asked for our protection. It's the Druze, it's Muslims, the Sunni Muslims and quite a few of the Shiite Muslims, too, he added. Netanyahu did not specify which villages have made such requests to Israel. The mayor of the Christian village of Rmeish, Hanna al-Amil, quickly denied Netanyahu's claim as absolutely out of the question in an interview with Lebanese public television.

Hezbollah: Israel must ‘unconditionally’ leave Lebanon

Hezbollah says Israel has no option but to “unconditionally” withdraw from southern Lebanon and other occupied areas.

In southern Lebanon, PM Netanyahu vows no Israeli withdrawal as long as Hezbollah ‘armed and present’

In southern Lebanon, PM Netanyahu vows no Israeli withdrawal as long as Hezbollah ‘armed and present’

Hezbollah: Israel must 'unconditionally' leave Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says Israel has "no option" but to “unconditionally” withdraw from southern Lebanon and other areas under its occupation. His statement came after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz reiterated there are no plans to leave, even if the US were to demand a withdrawal. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile

Hezbollah chief demands full Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, claims "Israeli-American plan" defeated

Beirut [Lebanon], June 26 (ANI): Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has declared that Israel has 'no option' but to fully withdraw from all Lebanese territory, asserting that the regional conflict has entered a transformative new phase marked by the collapse of the 'Israeli-American project.' According to Press TV, in an address at the Central Ashura Council in Beirut, Qassem framed the current state

Israel, Lebanon move to implementation phase of framework agreement, US official says

The U.S.-brokered agreement calls for pilot zones in Southern Lebanon where Hezbollah forces would be removed and the Lebanese Armed Forces would assume control ahead of an Israeli withdrawal.