On NewsNation's “Elizabeth Vargas Report” on Monday, Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) criticized Israel for launching attacks on Hezbollah despite President Joe Biden's calls for a ceasefire. Reacting, he said, “I'm glad that Israel is now at the ceasefire stage.'' Our country will no longer allow these threats to exist on our borders. We looked at what an appeasement strategy looks like. Similar to what Hamas did on October 7th. A ceasefire was established, but then Hamas started a war. ”
host Elizabeth Vargas asked. “I would like to hear your opinion on what is happening in the Middle East today. … Today Israeli troops are massing along the Lebanese border, and IDF special forces are already raiding and entering Lebanon. What's your sense? I know President Biden wants calm and a ceasefire. That doesn't seem likely to happen. What do you think is going on?
Moskowitz replied: I am glad that Israel is now at the point where it will no longer allow these threats to exist near its borders. We have seen what an appeasement strategy looks like. This is similar to what Hamas did on October 7th. A ceasefire was established, but then Hamas started a war. By the way, Hezbollah could have stayed out of it. But instead, Hezbollah supported Hamas, which fired more than 9,000 rockets into Israel, killing 16 children on a soccer field and forcing 50,000 people to flee their homes.[s] It is in the north of Israel. I don't want to see a regional war, and I don't want to see a full-scale invasion of Lebanon. I believe that Israel will carry out a limited mission of pushing Hezbollah terrorists and extremists further back into Lebanon and continuing to reduce Hezbollah's ability to threaten Israel. Look, on October 7, Israel looked like a soft target. They seemed like a soft target for Iran. In recent weeks, it doesn't seem like a soft target. The important thing is for Israel to rebuild its deterrence and make Iran realize that it no longer wants to interfere with the state of Israel. ”
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