Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Office dismissed reports that it had accepted the call for a 21-day ceasefire issued overnight by the United States and France.
“The report about a ceasefire is incorrect,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement it issued while Netanyahu was en route to New York to address the high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly.
“This is an American-French proposal that the Prime Minister has not even responded to,” the PMO stated.
It also rejected reports that as a result of the diplomatic initiatives, the IDF had scaled down the level of its military campaign to push Hezbollah back to the Litani River, a step that is mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.
“The report about the purported directive to ease up on the fighting in the north is the opposite of the truth. The Prime Minister has directed the IDF to continue fighting with full force, according to the plan he presented.
“The fighting in Gaza will also continue until all the objectives of the war have been achieved,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated.
Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday morning that "there will not be a ceasefire in the North.”
'Ceasefire ensures next Oct. 7': Israeli politicians, regional leaders slam US-French proposal
Israeli politicians and residents of northern Israel condemned the US-French ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hezbollah, scheduled to begin on Thursday around midday, Israeli media reported Thursday morning.
In an interview, Metula Regional Council chairman David Azulai emphasized that such a ceasefire would ensure “the next October 7,” for which the government would be responsible, he further stressed. In addition to Azulai, the Upper Galilee Regional Council’s chairman, Amir Sofer, said that while “there is a time for negotiations, this is not the time.”
Azulai explained that recent days have highlighted Hezbollah’s capabilities and that “this government of [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu” must “remove the threat” to avoid another “October 7 next year.” Azulai emphasized that such a situation “must not happen” and that the government “has all the support it needs” to fight Hezbollah and provide a more safe environment for northern Israel’s residents.
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