Israel Calls for Immediate Action to Prevent War with Hezbollah

Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, has called for the immediate implementation of U.N. resolution 1701 to prevent an all-out war with the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The resolution explicitly forbids armed groups from being near the southern Lebanon frontier. Katz communicated this urgency in a letter to his international counterparts.

Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, emphasized on Wednesday that an 'all-out war' with Iran-backed Hezbollah could be averted if U.N. resolution 1701 is immediately enforced. This resolution restricts armed groups from southern Lebanon's frontier with Israel.

Katz revealed that he has reached out to several of his international counterparts, urging the swift implementation of the resolution, which was originally passed to end the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

'Israel is not interested in an all-out war, but the only way to prevent it is the immediate implementation of Resolution 1701,' Katz stated in his letter.