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Lebanon to send 5,000 troops south once IDF withdraws
AHEAD OF EXPECTED TRUCE, ISRAEL VOWS TO ACT FORCEFULLY TO STOP HEZBOLLAH
REGROUPING
DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS UN ENVOY IT WON’T HOLD BACK ON KEEPING TERROR GROUP FROM
REBUILDING NEAR BORDER, AS EU’S BORRELL DEMANDS ISRAEL STOP MAKING ‘EXCUSES’ AND
AGREE TO CEASEFIRE
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah in
Beirut's southern suburbs on November 26, 2024 (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
As the government was gearing up to greenlight a ceasefire agreement with
Hezbollah in Lebanon, Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed Tuesday to intervene
militarily at even the smallest infraction, including stopping the Iran-backed
terror group from rearming near the Israeli border.
“We will act against any threat, anytime and anywhere,” Katz told UN Special
Envoy for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, according to a statement by his
office.
The comment underlined Israeli jitters that a ceasefire deal set to be
implemented in the coming days would prove ineffective at securing the frontier
after years in which UN observers and the international community failed to keep
the group from building up a military presence in southern Lebanon.
Dismissing Israeli concerns Tuesday morning, the European Union’s foreign policy
chief said Jerusalem should be pressured to accept the deal, asserting that it
has all the necessary security guarantees for the Jewish state.
“Let’s hope that today, [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu will approve the
ceasefire agreement proposed by the US and France,” Josep Borrell told a meeting
of G7 foreign ministers in Italy, criticizing hardline Israeli ministers who
have spoken against the deal. “No more excuses. No more additional requests.”
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Katz met in Tel Aviv with Hennis-Plasschaert hours before the security cabinet
was expected to approve a 60-day ceasefire, ending nearly 14 months of fighting
between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of intense battle.
Defense Minister Israel Katz meets with Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special
Envoy for Lebanon, in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2024. (Defense Ministry
spokesperson)
Israel has long complained about the failure to uphold UN Resolution 1701, which
was implemented in 2006 and prohibited Hezbollah or any other armed group aside
from the Lebanese army from maintaining a military presence within some 30
kilometers of the border with Israel.
In reality, Hezbollah continued to operate extensively in southern Lebanon,
building tunnels near the border, storing weapons, firing rockets and missiles
at Israel, and preparing a mass invasion into Israeli territory days after
Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught in the south, which was eventually foiled,
according to Israel.
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For the last two months, Israel has attempted to pare back Hezbollah’s hold on
southern Lebanon, waging a campaign of aerial bombardments and a limited ground
incursion that saw soldiers search villages for rockets and other arms held by
the terror group.
A man walks past destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli overnight
airstrike that targeted the area of Tayouneh on the outskirts of Beirut’s
Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs on November 26, 2024. (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
“Every house in southern Lebanon that is rebuilt and in which a terrorist base
is established will be demolished, every rearming and regrouping by terrorists
will be attacked, every attempt to smuggle weapons will be thwarted, and every
threat to our forces or Israeli citizens will be immediately destroyed,” Katz
warned.
He also demanded “effective enforcement” from UNIFIL, the international
peacekeeping organization in Lebanon, which Israel charges has failed miserably
in its central mission — keeping southern Lebanon free of military threats to
Israel.
UNIFIL argues that it is merely an observer force, placing the onus on the
Lebanese army, which is seen as poorer and less powerful than the Iran-backed
Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, left, receives Josep Borrell,
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy, in Beirut on January 6, 2024. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
The international community has sought guarantees to help beef up the Lebanese
army so it can more effectively rein in Hezbollah.
The agreement set to be approved Tuesday requires Israeli troops to withdraw
from south Lebanon and Lebanon’s army to deploy in the region — a Hezbollah
stronghold — within 60 days, officials say. Hezbollah would end its armed
presence along the border south of the Litani River.
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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Tuesday he hoped the
ceasefire deal would be approved later in the day, adding that the Lebanese army
would be ready to have at least 5,000 troops deployed in southern Lebanon as
Israeli troops withdraw.
He added that the United States could play a role in rebuilding infrastructure
destroyed by Israeli strikes.
In his meeting with the UN official, Katz stressed that the implementation of
the ceasefire must include effective enforcement and oversight, including
preventing arms smuggling and domestic arms production by Hezbollah.
Katz emphasized that Israel would show “zero tolerance” for violations of the
ceasefire.
“If you don’t do it, we will,” he told the UN official, “and with great force.”
A soldier is seen in a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, late October 21,
2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
Separately, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry said it was filing a complaint with the
United Nations Security Council over what it said was Israel’s “continued and
deliberate” targeting of Lebanese forces since the start of the war, dating back
to October 8, 2023.
Hezbollah began firing into Israel the day after Hamas’s October 7 onslaught in
southern Israel, in support of its fellow Iran-backed terror group, drawing
Israeli reprisals and leading to the displacement of some 60,000 residents of
northern Israel. Fighting intensified in late September, with Israel killing
much of Hezbollah’s leadership and launching a limited ground incursion on
October 1.
According to Lebanon, Israeli strikes since November 17 have killed 10 soldiers
and wounded 35 more.
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Rescuers at the scene of an Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese army post in Amriyeh
in southern Lebanon on November 24, 2024 (Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
“Lebanon called on the member states of the Security Council to condemn the
repeated Israeli attacks on the army,” said the ministry, “and consider them a
flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter, and international
resolutions, especially Resolution 1701.”
It also said the incidents “constitute a clear message from Israel rejecting any
initiatives for a solution, and its insistence on military escalation instead of
diplomacy.”
After a deadly strike on a Lebanese army post earlier this week, the IDF
apologized, saying it “regrets the incident and clarifies that it is fighting in
a targeted manner against the Hezbollah terror organization, and not against the
Lebanese army.”
Israel’s security cabinet was set to meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a
proposed ceasefire deal, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said Tuesday.
IDF troops operate at the Litani River in the eastern sector of southern
Lebanon, in a handout image released on November 26, 2024. (Israel Defense
Forces)
“It is extremely sensitive and I do not want to go into details about it because
of the sensitivity of the issue,” Haskel told reporters in Jerusalem.
She did not give an exact time for the meeting.
“There needs to be a decision, a discussion,” she said. “There might be a vote
as well.”
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“The members of the cabinet know some of the details and are going to go into
more details this afternoon.”
An Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Monday that the 60-day ceasefire
set to be approved was a cessation of hostilities, but not an end to the war.
Israeli security forces inspect a site of a rocket impact in the northern
Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona on November 26, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
“We don’t know how long it will last,” the official said of the ceasefire. “It
could be a month, it could be a year.”
While far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has criticized the
deal and indicated he will vote against it, he said in an interview with Radio
103FM on Tuesday that he would not bring down the government over the issue.
Local mayors in the north and other observers have similarly been mounting
pressure on the government not to approve the agreement, calling it a
“surrender.”
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Northern evacuees question whether a ceasefire deal is enough to see them home
While some officials and residents express dismay at a continued lack of
security plans for their communities, others dream of returning to their fields
— or at least ‘normal’ life
‘The whole world is shaken’: Chabad rabbi murdered in UAE laid to rest in Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Zvi Kogan buried at the Mount of Olives after emotional ceremony; he ‘was
innocent, and that’s how he arrives in heaven,’ father says
AnalysisKilling of rabbi in UAE could bolster Israel’s ties with Arab neighbors,
experts say
By Ron Kampeas
UAE publishes prison photos of 3 suspects in murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan
By Lazar Berman
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By ToI Staff
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses the expected truce with
Hezbollah; legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon reviews the PM’s trial and a
Palestinian olive harvest
Analysis
Gianluca Pacchiani
Lebanon’s Shiites increasingly reject role of scapegoat in Hezbollah’s war on
Israel
Over 1.4 million Lebanese from Hezbollah’s support base have fled their homes.
And while the terror group attempts to retain their loyalty, some are calling
for its demise
Police officers, IDF soldiers arrested for kidnapping Palestinian
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Internal affairs department says nine suspects, eight of them security force
members, allegedly abducted a West Bank man in August and assaulted him
Netanyahu to take stand on Dec. 10 after court okays partial delay of graft
testimony
By Jeremy Sharon
Jerusalem District Court agrees to postpone prime minister’s testimony for 8
days, on the back of a pledge by his defense team that this will be the last
such request
5 ex-employees of Ben Gvir’s office probed for unlawful issuance of gun permits
By ToI Staff
Israel announces preliminary work on fence along entire border with Jordan
By Emanuel Fabian
Defense Ministry ordered by Katz to begin engineering planning, including
environmental survey and installation of surveillance infrastructure, along
309-kilometer border
Gunman opens fire near Israeli Embassy in Jordan, is shot dead; 3 cops wounded
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Smotrich says half of Gazans can be ‘encouraged’ to leave within two years
By ToI Staff
Once the initiative is ‘successfully’ implemented in the Strip, it can be
replicated in the West Bank, far-right minister claims, adding that ‘occupying
Gaza is not a dirty word’
AG decides not to open criminal probes into senior officials for Gaza incitement
By Jeremy Sharon
US: Administrative detention was one of the few tools Israel used to curb
settler violence
By Jacob Magid
Protesters vandalize Netherlands office of pro-Israel Christian group
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Activists at demonstration led by Extinction Rebellion and other groups daub
slogans on premises of Christians for Israel, intimidate staff arriving for work
with ‘genocide’ claims
Netanyahu effigy burned at anti-Israel protest in Montreal; Trudeau condemns
antisemitism
By Ben Sales
Canadian coffee chain cuts ties with franchisee for Nazi salute at anti-Israel
march
By ToI Staff and JTA
Opposition warns coalition not to try renewing judicial ‘coup’ under cover of
war
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Sa’ar defends government actions, asserts that concerns over
threats by senior minister to change the regime, abolish High Court are
overblown by the media
Likud minister asserts that government has right to enact ‘regime change’ in
Israel
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Bar Association head, MKs ousted from stormy hearing on bill linked to judiciary
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By Sam Sokol
Ministers back bill to privatize Kan public broadcaster, call for Haaretz
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By Sam Sokol
Interview
US dean of education defends campus diversity training, seeks more inclusivity
for Jews
By Gavriel Fiske
Michael J. Feuer of George Washington University, visiting Israel for an
educational conference, weighs in on the wartime campus protest movements and
Trump’s plans for the US
Israel dives into offshore conservation with first National Marine Park
By Sue Surkes
Area off Caesarea joins large extension to the Evtach Marine Reserve in waters
between Ashkelon and Ashdod, plus projects in Hadera and additional land in the
Ramon Crater
Red Sea coral study points to rich microbial life as key to healthy reefs
By Sue Surkes
Over a dozen missing after tourist yacht capsizes in stormy Red Sea off Egypt
By AFP
Israeli study finds gene mutation that may cause some autism, possibly enabling
treatment
By Diana Bletter
About a million people worldwide have autism originating in mutation in SHANK3
gene
Top UK university to debate if Israel is ‘an apartheid state responsible for
genocide’
By Robert Philpot
The exclusive Oxford Union society, which has hosted US presidents, celebrities
and neo-Nazis, again courts controversy this week; its track record on Israel
isn’t friendly
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Officer asks to quit over incident in which researcher, soldier were killed in
Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian
Trump readies to embark on second term with legal woes mostly behind him
By Chris Lefkow
Fewer women seek help for domestic violence amid war, but not due to lower
threat
By Ariella Oldfield
Trump says he’ll impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China upon entering office
By Jill Colvin and Rob Gillies
Far-right politician who praised Nazi collaborators shocks with top finish in
Romanian presidential election
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Foodtech startup gets regulatory nod for protein to sell cow-free milk in Israel
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech forum names seasonal airline, reveals fares for NY route, to launch in
January
By Sharon Wrobel
Germany charges four for setting up Hamas weapons depots across Europe
By AFP and ToI Staff
Filipino father of slain IDF soldier to be granted permanent residency in Israel
By ToI Staff
Two Palestinians shot dead in clash with IDF in West Bank town of Ya’bad
By ToI Staff
Israel raises travel warning for Thailand amid ‘persistence of threat’
By Lazar Berman
Katz holds up promotion of two IDF officers until after October 7 probe
By Emanuel Fabian
Top Ops
Shlomo Fischer
Hamas out, Arab criminal gangs in?
Netanyahu has a history of empowering unsavory elements both inside Israel and
in Gaza – a clever strategy that’s doomed to backfire
Austin Reid
The vanishing Stars of David
Small-town Jewish decline in America has eroded the interpersonal ties that once
bridged divides between Jews and their neighbors
HaDassah Sabo Milner
My son’s tears: Who will fight for the lone soldiers who fought for us?
Diagnosed with PTSD, and released from the army after 11 years of service, Aryeh
and others like him have been left to suffer alone
Tirtza Karniel
The invisible violence of divorce refusal in October 7’s shadow
Domestic abuse has worsened and merits attention on International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women – and every day
Alon Tal
The absurd ICC indictments could have been avoided
Netanyahu has always known that only an independent state commission into the
October 7 attack and Gaza war would stave this off
Ahmed Charai
The ICC challenges Israel’s Judicial independence
The court’s arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu undermines the right
to self-defense and emboldens terror groups
David-Seth Kirshner
J Street and Sanders are playing with Jewish lives
They are signaling that a vulnerable Israel is the only Israel they will
support. Meanwhile, Israel’s enemies sharpen their swords
Omar Mohammed
Why discussing antisemitism is dangerous for Arab intellectuals
One way forward is to promote Holocaust education, including stories of Arabs
and Muslims who risked their lives to save Jews
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
Et tu, OU? And after you said you never erase women…
When the Orthodox Union’s Torah Tidbits keeps women off its covers and can’t
reach its ideal female/male-writers ratio, we have little hope of a healthy
Orthodoxy
Mijal Bitton
Kindness revolution
Abraham pushes God to wield justice; Rebecca welcomes a stranger with extra
care; and both teach the world of the value of both traits (Chayei Sarah)
Bepi Pezzulli
Diplomacy or a masterclass in miscommunication?
Did Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister just suggest Hezbollah should improve its
targeting skills?
Shayna Goldberg
The sweatshirt in our front closet
Israel is a small enough country that a chance encounter in February can easily
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