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Netanyahu says some Lebanese Christian villages 'asked to be annexed' by Israel

05-07-2026 | 12:53

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Netanyahu says some Lebanese Christian villages 'asked to be annexed' by Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants.

"Christian villages in Lebanon, some of them have actually asked to be annexed to Israel, because we protect them against Hezbollah, Hezbollah fanatics who want to kill them, and we do the same things with Christians everywhere," Netanyahu told Fox News's show, The Sunday Briefing.

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