Israeli minister calls for abducting Lebanese civilians to pressure Hezbollah

Proposal targets Lebanese women and youth for abduction as coercive pressure, affecting civilian population security and potential displacement.

In the midst of an intensifying military campaign against Hezbollah, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir publicly proposed the abduction of Lebanese civilian women and youth as coercive leverage — a statement that crossed into territory long condemned by international humanitarian law. The proposal did not emerge from a unified government, however; Israeli security officials moved swiftly to distance themselves, revealing fractures in the country's strategic consensus at a moment of acute regional danger. With Iran issuing warnings of severe retaliation and Beirut itself under

Israeli minister calls for abducting Lebanese civilians to pressure Hezbollah

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