Mossad says Nasrallah doesn't want war, Gantz urges pre-extraction deal
The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, David Barnea, has told Israel’s security cabinet that, according to his evaluation, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah wants the gas deal with Israel to be finalized and “does not want a military battle with Israel at the moment,” Israel’s Channel 12 has reported.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz for his part told the cabinet that the agreement should be signed prior to the extraction of gas from the Karish offshore gas field.
“The security threat is big and this agreement must be defended because it’s good,” Gantz added, according to the channel.
08 October 2022, 16:41
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The quicker the agreement is signed, the sooner Lebanon can start exploration for gas in its own Qara field. That is, unless it doesn't want to do so, and cause a confrontation between Hizballah and Israel, from which the rest of Lebanon will not be exempt.
