15.09.2022, 12:00
Zitat:If Nasrallah attacks Karish gas field, Lebanon will pay the price - Gantzhttps://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-717197
"If [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah wants to try and harm the Karish rig, he is welcome to do so, but Lebanon will pay the price," said Defense Minister Benny Gantz. [...]
Israel warned that Lebanon would pay the price for any Hezbollah attack on its offshore Karish gas field, even as it said it hoped a US-brokered deal to set a maritime boundary in the north was close to completion. [...]
US mediation of maritime border dispute
His words come as US envoy Amos Hochstein appears to be on the edge of concluding a deal between the Lebanese and Israeli governments, who do not have diplomatic relations, to set a maritime border off the Mediterranean Sea. It would give Israel rights to the Karish gas field and Lebanon the right to the abutting Kana gas field. [...] Hezbollah has issued threats against the deal. [...]
At the State Department briefing on Wednesday, spokesman Ned Price spoke of Hochstein's efforts with regard to a deal. Hochstein is "continuing that robust engagement to bring the maritime boundary discussions to a close. We continue to narrow the gaps between the parties, and we believe a lasting compromise between the parties is possible. "We welcome the consultative spirit that both parties have brought to this in an effort to reach a resolution," he added.
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