❗️Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich, speaking to Israel's Radio 94FM:

"The battle in Lebanon must end, at the very least, with the Litani River becoming the new border of the State of Israel. We must, of course, continue striking Hezbollah and decisively defeat it."

Host: "Do you mean establishing settlements?"

Smotrich: "No, not at this stage. We are talking about a fully cleared security strip. Alongside the security aspect, there is also the need to instill in the enemy the ‘cost of mistakes’ and the ‘cost of defeat.’"

"Arabs, whether in Gaza or Lebanon, do not calculate in terms of casualties. What matters to them is land and territory. Everyone in the region dealing with us must understand that when they lose, they lose land to us."