SIC NEWS INTERVIEW
The U-turn on the agreement for a ceasefire in the Middle East came a few hours ago from Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu says he has received direct requests from Lebanon to negotiate.
The twist on the agreement for a arrived a few hours ago from Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu says he has received direct requests from Lebanon to negotiate.
In an interview with SIC Notícias’ Evening Edition, Oren Rozenblat, Israel’s ambassador to Portugal, highlighted the importance of the moment, highlighting the unprecedented nature of the conversations:
“It’s a historic day, because it’s the first time we’ve had negotiations with Lebanon since 1949. We want to have peace with Lebanon, we only attacked Hezbollah. The problem is that there are Hezbollah ministers within the Lebanese government. Iran controls Lebanon, we don’t accept that”, he began by saying.
Asked whether the two-week ceasefire in the Middle East is fragile and at risk, Oren Rosenblat says that Iran no longer represents the same threat they considered before the war began, although he admits that the military objectives have not yet been fully achieved.
“We attacked many targets, the threat is lower than at the beginning of the war. But the objectives are not all completed yet”, he highlighted.
The Israeli Army bombed more than 100 targets in Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, after a ceasefire between Iran and the United States and Israel, in just ten minutes, the biggest wave of air strikes since the start of the war, causing panic among the civilian population.
