For former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt, Israel’s claim that Hezbollah fired a rocket at Majdal Shams “is a lie.”
In an interview with the Al-Jazeera news channel on Sunday, Joumblatt said that Hezbollah “respects the rules of engagement in its operations and retaliates when Israel breaks them.”
He also stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “can only be dissuaded from continuing this war if the United States stops supplying him with arms and ammunition.”
The Druze leader also deplored US President Joe Biden’s special envoy, Amos Hochstein, for being “the spokesperson of Israel’s threats,” stressing that “his role” should be solely of a “mediator.”
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Hochstein reportedly told Joumblatt on Sunday that “Israel would carry out a large-scale operation” against Lebanon.
In an interview with the Al-Jazeera news channel on Sunday, Joumblatt said that Hezbollah “respects the rules of engagement in its operations and retaliates when Israel breaks them.”
He also stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “can only be dissuaded from continuing this war if the United States stops supplying him with arms and ammunition.”
The Druze leader also deplored US President Joe Biden’s special envoy, Amos Hochstein, for being “the spokesperson of Israel’s threats,” stressing that “his role” should be solely of a “mediator.”
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Hochstein reportedly told Joumblatt on Sunday that “Israel would carry out a large-scale operation” against Lebanon.
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