{"id":1715,"date":"2024-03-12T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2024-03-13T14:43:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:43:00","slug":"israel-minister-calls-for-declaring-war-on-lebanon-amid-cross-border-clashes-with-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/israel-minister-calls-for-declaring-war-on-lebanon-amid-cross-border-clashes-with-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel minister calls for declaring war on Lebanon amid cross-border clashes with Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel\u2019s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called on his government on Tuesday to declare war on Lebanon,\u00a0<i>Anadolu Agency<\/i>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s crucial to approach such statements with caution and verify the context and authenticity of the claim. If an Israeli minister indeed called for declaring war on Lebanon amid cross-border clashes with Hezbollah, it would represent a significant escalation of tensions in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"CXXdM5-6H-A\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Daily News \u2013 War Day 158 March 12, 2024\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CXXdM5-6H-A?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have to start responding, attacking \u2013 war, now,\u201d Ben-Gvir said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c[Defence Minister Yoav] Gallant, the military is your responsibility. What are you waiting for?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">His call came shortly after Israeli\u00a0<i>Army Radio<\/i>\u00a0reported that around 100 rockets had been launched into Israel from southern Lebanon on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli army responded by launching airstrikes in Baalbek, a Hezbollah stronghold in eastern Lebanon, which left one person dead and eight others injured, according to Lebanon\u2019s state-run\u00a0<i>National News Agency.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli army also said it targeted Hezbollah structure and a military building in the border towns of Bint Jbeil and Khiam in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tension has flared along the border between Lebanon and Israel amid intermittent exchanges of weapons fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah, in the deadliest clashes since the two sides fought a full-scale war in 2006.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The border tension comes amid an Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 31,200 people following a Hamas attack last October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"swift-in-viewport\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 300 people are estimated to have been killed in Lebanon, including 240 Hezbollah fighters, since the clashes erupted last October. Nearly 20 Israelis have been killed, according to Israeli figures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"x8APQ3GKVO4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel To Formally Declare War Against Hezbollah After This Day Of March? Tel Aviv Sets Deadline\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8APQ3GKVO4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, has a history of conflict with Israel. Cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel have occurred sporadically over the years, often leading to heightened tensions but stopping short of full-scale war.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calls for war from government officials, if verified, would be a matter of grave concern and would require careful consideration of the potential consequences for both countries and the broader region. It&#8217;s essential to monitor reliable news sources for updates and official statements from relevant parties to understand the situation accurately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called on his government on Tuesday to declare war on Lebanon,\u00a0Anadolu Agency\u00a0reports. It&#8217;s crucial to approach such statements with caution and verify the context and authenticity of the claim. If an Israeli minister indeed called for declaring war on Lebanon amid cross-border clashes with Hezbollah, it would represent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1715","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-middle-east","8":"category-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1717,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/1717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}