Israeli academic: Nasrallah put to action battlefield unity with Gaza
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The head of the International and Middle-East Arenas in the Israeli Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) says that Hezbollah will not stop operations until a ceasefire in Gaza is reached.
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A Hezbollah flag flutters in the southern Lebanese village of al-Khiam in front of Israeli settlements in northern occuppied Palestine on July 28, 2020. (AFP)
Unless a ceasefire is reached in Gaza, Hezbollah will not halt its operations against Israeli bases and settlements, senior research fellow and the head of the International and Middle-East Arenas in the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) Shay Har-Zvi concluded.
Since October 7, the Lebanese Resistance's chief, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had confirmed the Unity of Battlefields (between Lebanon and Palestine) both in words and actions, and is unlikely to alter the equation now, especially before the possibility of a large-scale military operation in Rafah, he said.
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On that note, Har-Zvi added that it was no coincidence that US President Joe Biden sees the possibility of a Gaza ceasefire as the key to ending multi-front fighting.
His remarks come amid reports that France submitted a written proposal to Beirut aimed at ending border escalations between Hezbollah and "Israel."
According to a document seen by Reuters, the proposal suggests a settlement regarding Israeli-occupied Lebanese territories, in exchange for Hezbollah fighters, namely the Resistance's elite al-Radwan forces, withdrawing to a distance 10 km away from the northern Palestinian borders.
Sayyed Nasrallah has repeatedly stressed that there will be no discussions on the border situation before a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Hezbollah in position of power
Commenting on the Lebanese Resistance's ongoing operations, Israeli media reported on Sunday that Hezbollah's military policy along the Lebanese-Palestinian border is "holding settlers in the occupied North as hostages".
Moran Aluf, an Israeli researcher, told the Israeli KAN channel that "Israel" has captives in the South and "hostages in the North", where settlers cannot return to their houses or live normally as a result of Hezbollah's retaliation.
"We ['Israel'] cannot allow an organization like Hezbollah to take settlers as its hostages," she added, noting that "Hezbollah created an equation, dictating that as long as fighting in Gaza is ongoing, then I [Hezbollah] will continue firing."
Aluf's statement came one day after the "Metulla" mayor revealed that 80,000 settlers have been forced out of the North as a result of Hezbollah's defensive operations, in support of Gaza and the Lebanese South.
David Azoulay told Israeli Channel 13 that "all we [settlers] are asking for is to live in our houses, but we are not a free people in Israel", adding that "Hezbollah dictates the intensity at all times in the North."
