Israeli President Isaac Herzog says “we did not want this war”

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******** President Isaac Herzog says “we did not want this war”

Washington — ******** President Isaac Herzog said Sunday that his country “did not want this war” with Hezbollah and ahead of *******’s attacks on Friday that ******* a senior commander of the ********** group, “it is assumed that they were planning an *******.” 

“We did not want this war,” Herzog said Sunday on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. ” We’re not seeking war. This war was waged upon us by the proxies of the empire of evil of Iran, on Oct. 7 by ******, and on Oct. 8 by Hezbollah.” 

The comments come after ******* and Lebanon traded heavy ***** overnight, following a string of attacks against Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated ******* group, in recent days. On Friday, an ******** airstrike in southern Beirut ******* a top Hezbollah commander, Ibrahim Aqil, among others, in the deadliest targeting of the Lebanese capital since the 2006 *******-Hezbollah war. And earlier in the week, Hezbollah vowed retaliation after exploding devices ******* dozens and wounded thousands. ******* has not claimed responsibility for the attacks. 

Herzog said Sunday that “the world has to be with” *******. 

“This is the real watershed in the world,” Herzog said. “The world has to stop this. The world has to be with us. And the world has to understand that we are fighting for the free world and we must bring our hostages back home as soon as possible. This is the biggest plight of humanity at this current stage.”

Since ******’ Oct. 7 ******* and *******’s offensive in Gaza, Hezbollah and ******* have regularly traded *****. But the attacks have largely been in less-populated parts of Lebanon. 

Herzog said ******* has been in a “vicious cycle” with its adversaries since Oct. 7, urging that “we want to get out of this vicious cycle, and if we have no choice, then we’re getting ready for escalation.” 

On a possible ******** deal, the ******** president said they are not getting “any positive signs from ******” when it comes to returning the 101 people held by ******, including four Americans. But he said that the current crisis, which he called “boiling hot,” presents an “opportunity to go forward and change this situation by finding the right exit and bringing the hostages back home.”

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Kaia Hubbard

Kaia Hubbard is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital, based in Washington, D.C.

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