Jerusalem, Sept 27, 2026 (AFP) - Israeli minister calls for West Bank war, annexation of Lebanon, Gaza areas

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2026-09-27

Israel's far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich called Sunday for the annexation of parts of south Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and for Israeli forces to "go to war" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. "I would like us to annex at least as far as the yellow line in Gaza and as far as the Litani River in Lebanon... because if a war ends along the same lines where it began, what will deter the enemy from going to war again," Smotrich......

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