Israeli brass casts doubt on blaming shelling on #Hezbollah | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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“There was a personal instruction by (Hezbollah leader Hassan) Nasrallah to compartmentalize Assad and his regime from the execution of this shooting ... with the goal of dragging us into the Syrian mire,” Lieberman said in the televised remarks.
“Therefore I call here both on the Assad regime ... and also on the Russian forces that are present there, to restrain Hezbollah.”
Within hours, every major Israeli media outlet aired remarks attributed to unnamed military officers casting doubt on Lieberman’s account.