The State of Israel will not, and cannot, let this pass. Our response will come and it will be severe."
Israel will escalate in a limited way and Hezbollah will respond in a limited way ... These are the assurances we've received,
The negotiations on the main issues will continue in the coming days,
If they avoid civilians and they avoid Beirut and its suburbs, then their attack could be well calculated,
We hope this war will end and this massacre will be the last one in this devastating war,
There's rivalry. Who is the real voice of the Druze community - is it the Israeli Druze who are integrated in Israel and serve in the army, or is it the Lebanese who have been taking a stance against Israel, specifically Jumblatt who is a historic leader of the Druze,
Many Druze feel angry and do not want to be fuel in this war for any side,
A Jewish child murdered on the Gaza border on Oct. 7 and a Druze child murdered on the Golan Heights are the same. These are our children,
The incident is being exploited by all sides,
It was a shock because not once in the last nine months, even when the sirens were sounding, did we feel we were being targeted,
We are willing to improve our relations with France on the basis of mutual trust,
Any possible Israeli attack on Lebanon will have serious consequences for Israel,
Hezbollah has evacuated some positions in the south and in the Bekaa valley that it thinks could be a target for Israel,
Nobody wants a broader war, and I’m confident that we’ll be able to avoid such an outcome,
There must be a retaliation,
These children are our children, they are the children of all of us,
We will let actions speak for themselves.”
The estimation is that the response will not lead to an all-out war,
Nobody wants to start a wider conflict, but a miscalculation could trigger one. There is still space for a diplomatic solution,
It's an old, unguided artillery rocket,