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A day after a second meeting between Lebanese and Israeli Ambassadors in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had “begun a process to achieve a historic peace” between the two countries.

The Prime Minister’s pre-recorded video on ‘X’ comes after talks in Washington yielded a three week extension to the ongoing ceasefire, a move widely seen as giving Israel and Lebanon more time to discuss fundamental grievances between the two neighbors and move in the direction of a comprehensive peace deal.

Alongside the call for optimism, the Prime Minister said that Hezbollah was trying to “sabotage peace efforts with the Lebanese government,” emphasizing that despite Hezbollah’s attermpts, Israel “retains full freedom of action against any threat” from the group.

He reiterated Israel’s fundamental priority on “restoring security for the residents of the North on the Lebanese border,” saying “we attacked Hezbollah yesterday and we will attack it today.”

“I promised to change the face of the Middle East,” Netanyahu said, “and this is what we are doing.”