WIRE โ€” Israel wont withdraw from southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed, the defence minister said on Thursday, qualifying remarks he made a day earlier that had suggested Israeli forces would occupy the territory indefinitely and drew US criticism. Israel seized a swath of south Lebanon during a war with Hezbollah earlier this year and has said The post Israel links Lebanon withdrawal to Hezbollah disarmament appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

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