Lebanese president: Israel 'will never be able to achieve their objective'

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated in a CNN interview that Israel "will never be able to achieve their objective" of defeating Hezbollah, asserting that the group is an idea and not a geographic target. Aoun insisted that Hezbollah can only be dealt with domestically, drawing a parallel to the situation in Gaza where Hamas still exists despite Israeli military actions.

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said in an interview with CNN that Israel "will never be able to achieve their objective" of defeating Hezbollah. "They can invade the whole country, they can flatten the whole country, but they will never be able to achieve their objective," Aoun told Christiane Amanpour.

Lebanese president: Israel 'will never be able to achieve their objective'

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