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Israel's Smotrich Calls to Open "Gates of Hell" on Lebanon

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Israel's Smotrich Calls to Open "Gates of Hell" on Lebanon

🔥 SMOTRICH — The finance minister is demanding a war Netanyahu hasn't officially ordered. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Smotrich leads the far-right bloc keeping Netanyahu's coalition alive — his public ultimatum is internal leverage, not battlefield command. But it narrows Netanyahu's room to restrain Lebanon operations under US pressure. With Vance already warning Israel on weapons dependency, Smotrich's call gives hardliners a domestic mandate to escalate precisely when Trump needs the opposite.

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