Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on December 24 dismissed reports that the United States had convinced Israel not to expand its military activity.

Speaking during a weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said: “I have seen false publications claiming that the U.S. prevented and is preventing us from operational operations in the region.

“This is not true. Israel is a sovereign state. Our decisions in the war are based on our operational considerations, and I will not elaborate on that.”

The influential Wall Street Journal on December 23 reported that Netanyahu was persuaded by U.S. President Joe Biden not to attack the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon out of concerns it would launch an attack on Israel, similar to the Oct. 7 rampage by Hamas in Gaza on Israel’s southern communities.

Netanyahu insisted on Sunday that Israel’s actions are “not dictated by external pressures.”

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