Israel's focus shifting to 'northern front' with Lebanon, ambassador to Canada says

Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed talks with Ottawa correspondent Rahim Mohamed about the anniversary of the October 7 attacks and the 'new phase' of war against Hezbollah

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Ambassador of Israel to Canada Iddo Moed says that Israel is counting on its Western allies to do their part as it takes the fight to Iran-backed Hezbollah militants on its northern border with Lebanon.

“The international community should do its utmost to find a diplomatic solution … to this problem,” Moed told National Post Ottawa bureau correspondent Rahim Mohamed in an interview on Friday.

“We don’t want war, and I don’t think the inhabitants of Lebanon want war.”

Moed said he hopes the international community will exert pressure on both Lebanon and Iran to flush Hezbollah out of the Israel-Lebanon border area, citing UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which established a buffer zone there.

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