"We are interested in peace, we do not want war,” Habib said, in a statement that was delivered through the Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov who spoke with Katz on Tuesday. Their conversation was conveyed to The Jerusalem Post by Katz’s spokesperson.
Lebanon and Israel do not have diplomatic relations, so communications between them are unusual and often done through third parties.
Habib spoke up amid growing fear of a Third Lebanon War after almost nine months of cross-border violence between the IDF and Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group located in Lebanon along its border with Israel.
Hezbollah has launched consistent attacks against the northern part of the country since Hamas invaded southern Israel on October 7. READ MORE
