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LEBANON WAR

Israel will act 'forcefully' if Lebanon violates agreement: Israel Katz

A street destroyed by an Israeli strike in Ghobeiri, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, said on Tuesday that his country would act “forcefully” in the event of a violation of the cease-fire agreement in Lebanon, announced as “close” by the United States.

“If you don't act, we will, and with force,” said Katz, quoted in a statement from his ministry, during a meeting in Tel Aviv with the U.N.'s special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, said on Tuesday that his country would act “forcefully” in the event of a violation of the cease-fire agreement in Lebanon, announced as “close” by the United States.

“If you don't act, we will, and with force,” said Katz, quoted in a statement from his ministry, during a meeting in Tel Aviv with the U.N.'s special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.