{"id":126112,"date":"2025-11-24T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=126112"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:35:20","slug":"26-05-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=126112","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu renews call for Beirut to disarm Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/netanyahu-renews-call-for-beirut-to-disarm-hezbollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netanyahu renews call for Beirut to disarm Hezbollah<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;I expect the government of Lebanon to fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah,&#8221; said the Israeli premier.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2147882014-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Hezbollah terrorists salute and raise the group&#8217;s yellow flag during a funeral in Chehabiyeh in Southern Lebanon, April 17, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, speaking after an Israel Defense Forces strike in the Lebanese capital killed the Iran-backed terror group\u2019s \u201cchief of staff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cI expect the government of Lebanon to fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah,\u201d said Netanyahu as he confirmed the death of Haytham Ali Tabatabai, the group\u2019s No. 2 after Secretary-General Naim Qassem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Only through Beirut fulfilling its commitments under the Nov. 26, 2024, ceasefire understandings with Jerusalem, Netanyahu said, \u201ccan a better future be made possible for every citizen in Lebanon\u2014and only in this way can good and secure neighborly relations be established,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The premier in his remarks congratulated the IDF on the \u201cprofessional, accurate and successful\u201d strike and vowed that, \u201cunder my leadership, the State of Israel will not allow Hezbollah to rebuild its power and we will not allow it to pose a threat to the State of Israel again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Netanyahu noted that Tabatabai was a \u201cmass murderer\u201d whose hands were \u201csoaked in the blood of many Israelis and Americans, and it is not for nothing that the U.S. put a bounty of five million dollars on his head.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The slain Hezbollah commander led the terror group\u2019s Radwan Force, which has been preparing \u201cto conquer the Galilee and slaughter many of our citizens,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In recent months, he was in charge of Hezbollah\u2019s efforts to rearm, after the \u201cheavy blows\u201d it suffered during a year of fighting with the IDF.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tabatabai, who reportedly survived two previous IDF assassination attempts, was killed on Sunday when Israeli Air Force fighter jets dropped precision munitions on his hideout apartment on the fourth floor of a building in Beirut\u2019s southern Dahiyeh district, Israel\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Channel 12<\/em>&nbsp;<em>News<\/em>&nbsp;reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hezbollah confirmed the assassination of its chief of staff in a statement, describing Tabatabai with the epithet \u201ccommander of the great jihad,\u201d a title reserved for the Shi\u2019ite terrorist organization\u2019s most senior leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The organization confirmed that four terrorists were slain alongside Tabatabai, identifying them as Ibrahim Ali Hussein, Rifaat Ahmed Hussein, Mustafa Asaad Barrou and Qassem Hussein Barjawi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Hezbollah said Tabatabai had become \u201ca martyr for Lebanon following the treacherous Israeli attack\u201d in Beirut.\u201d However, Sunday\u2019s statement stopped short of issuing or hinting at any threat of retaliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Although there is currently no change in the instructions for civilians on the Israeli home front, residents of the north are concerned about possible retaliation by the terror group, and Jerusalem already has battle plans in place in case there is a response from Hezbollah, according to&nbsp;<em>Channel 12<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated on Sunday night that, \u201cThe State of Israel will continue to act as required to eliminate the threat on the northern border and strengthen the security of the residents of the area and all citizens of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Israeli head of state commended \u201cthe prime minister, the defense minister, the IDF chief of staff, the Cabinet, the security forces and all those involved in the elimination of Hezbollah\u2019s chief of staff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On Nov. 26, 2024, Jerusalem and Beirut signed a&nbsp;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-lebanon-ceasefire-ends-over-a-year-of-hostilities\/\">ceasefire<\/a>&nbsp;deal&nbsp;aimed at ending more than a year of cross-border fighting between the IDF and Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed terrorists began attacking the Jewish state in support of Hamas in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Since the truce, the IDF has conducted frequent raids to stop Hezbollah from rebuilding terror infrastructure in Lebanon, in violation of the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">A senior Israeli official told&nbsp;<em>Israel Hayom<\/em>&nbsp;on Thursday that Jerusalem has not seen the Lebanese army dismantling Hezbollah, as required under the truce, and that only the IDF could disarm the terrorists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli ground forces over the past year carried out some 1,200 incursions into Southern Lebanon,&nbsp;<em>Ynet<\/em>&nbsp;reported on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The IDF\u2019s moves included overt and covert patrols, ambushes targeting terrorists and the destruction of structures or tunnel shafts that were not uncovered during \u201cOperation Northern Arrows\u201d in late 2024, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The military operations spanned Israel\u2019s entire 87-mile border with the Land of the Cedars, and included three to five raids daily within 1.9 to 3.1 miles of the frontier, according to Monday morning\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Ynet<\/em>&nbsp;report.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netanyahu renews call for Beirut to disarm Hezbollah JNS Staff &#8220;I expect the government of Lebanon to fulfill its commitment to disarm Hezbollah,&#8221; said the Israeli premier. 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