{"id":3036,"date":"2026-04-28T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3036"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:09:00","slug":"israel-no-territorial-ambitions-in-lebanon-saars-message-for-the-security-of-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3036","title":{"rendered":"Israel: No territorial ambitions in Lebanon – Saar’s message for the security of citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gideon Saar<\/b> stresses that Israel’s operations<\/b> on the northern border are aimed solely at protecting<\/b> citizens <\/b>from Hezbollah<\/b>.<\/p>\n

In a period of heightened tension on the northern border<\/b>, Israel<\/b> is seeking to clarify its strategy against Lebanon<\/b>, with Gideon Saar categorically rejecting any scenario of territorial aspirations<\/b> and insisting that the military presence is exclusively deterrence and protection<\/b>, while Hezbollah’s<\/b> activity remains at the heart of security concerns<\/b>and shaping a complex geopolitical environment with ongoing operations<\/b>, fragile balances and intense international interest<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Gideon Saar’s statements<\/b> came at a time when Israel maintains active military activity on its northern border<\/b>, centred on Hezbollah in Lebanon<\/b>. At the same time, the situation in the region remains tense, with developments being closely monitored at the diplomatic and military level<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Statements<\/h3>\n

Israel has “no territorial ambitions” in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said today, as the Israeli military continues its strikes against the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in the neighbouring country despite a ceasefire.<\/p>\n

Israel has “no territorial ambitions” in Lebanon. <\/p>\n

“Our presence in the areas along our northern territory has only one goal: the protection of our citizens,” Saar said during a press conference with his Serbian counterpart Marko Djuric by his side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gideon Saar stresses that Israel’s operations on the northern border are aimed solely at protecting civilians from Hezbollah.In …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3036","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\/3036","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=3036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}