Netanyahu asks Macron to prevent Hezbollah attacks on Israel
Lebanese media reported that the Israeli Prime Minister asked the French President to re-implement his program to calm Lebanon's southern border and keep Hezbollah forces at bay.
Lebanese media reported that the Israeli Prime Minister asked the French President to re-implement his program to calm Lebanon's southern border and keep Hezbollah forces at bay.
Al Mayadeen television station, Sunday (21/4/2024), citing sources close to the French government, reported that Paris had begun taking a number of steps in Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah operations in order to fulfill the Israeli PM's request.
Al Mayadeen added that in a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Joseph Aoun, French President Emmanuel Macron presented plans to re-implement the program to stop Israeli army operations and distance Hezbollah troops up to seven kilometers from the border of the occupied territories.
France's program to keep Hezbollah troops away from the border was conveyed under the pretext of giving Zionist settlers, in northern Israel, the opportunity to return to their homes.
At the same time, Macron also made a number of promises to the Lebanese government regarding the delineation of Lebanon's borders and the occupied territories, as well as resolving the oil and gas conflict.
However, the Lebanese government, especially Hezbollah, rejected the request and initiative from the French government, even though there were slight changes in the program, namely that Hezbollah troops were not kept away from Israel's borders, but "certain military facilities" had to be kept away. (HS)
