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Ex-Israeli PM: Targeting Hezbollah's Nasrallah was important

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Brent Goff
October 1, 2024

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told DW that an Israeli incursion into Lebanon will be messy and may conclude with no clear-cut defeat of the Hezbollah militant group that would allow Israeli citizens to return to their homes.

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