{"id":1050,"date":"2026-04-16T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:59:00","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-tough-line-despite-ceasefire-security-zone-and-message-to-iran-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu: Tough line despite ceasefire &#8211; &#8220;security zone&#8221; and message to Iran (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <b>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b> insists <b>on a military presence in Lebanon<\/b>, announces <b>a security zone and sends a clear message<\/b> of deterrence <b>to Iran amid a ceasefire<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>At <b>a particularly tense time for the Middle East<\/b>, <b>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b> moves <b>in statements that intensify geopolitical interest around developments in Lebanon<\/b>, insisting <b>on a tough strategy of deterrence<\/b> and maintaining a <b>military presence in the region<\/b>. Despite the reference <b>to a temporary ceasefire<\/b>, Tel Aviv <b>appears to be drawing a line of <a href=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.gr\/asfaleia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security<\/b>with broader implications, <b>both on the battlefield and in the diplomatic background<\/b>, while at the same time sending <b>clear messages to Iran<\/b> about <b>balance of power and regional stability<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b> said he <b>agreed to a 10-day temporary ceasefire in Lebanon<\/b>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Israel has not accepted Hezbollah&#8217;s demand<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We have the opportunity for a historic agreement with Lebanon,&#8221; Netanyahu also said.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu also said that &#8220;Israel has not accepted Hezbollah&#8217;s request to withdraw from southern Lebanon and return to the international border.&#8221; &#8220;We will remain in Lebanon, creating an extensive security zone extending to the Syrian border,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Recall that earlier, US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump told me that he is unwilling to continue the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and annihilate Iran&#8217;s nuclear capabilities,&#8221; the Israeli prime minister added.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;\/html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;Benjamin Netanyahu insists on a military presence in Lebanon, announces a security zone and sends a clear message of deterrence to Iran &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}