By poterritory on Skatehive
"This reflects longstanding regional norms." Washington, December 3 - Biden administration officials warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Yisrael Katz today that if the IDF attempts to enforce the temporary truce with the Lebanese, the administration will consider that a failure to adhere to the truce. State Department representatives sent strong messages this morning to the Israeli government, cautioning Netanyahu and the Israeli military not to attempt to respond in kind when Hezbollah violates the ceasefire that both sides agreed to last week, because responding to violations of the ceasefire by the Iran-backed terrorist group will constitute a violation of the ceasefire. "If Israel sincerely intends to uphold this ceasefire agreement, then Israel must not respond when the agreement is violated," one such message read. "The sincerity of Israel's commitment will be cast into doubt if, in the face of Hezbollah firing rockets or drones at Israel, or targetin