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Marco Rubio: “Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire about a week ago and then…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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… so that if an arrangement is reached at some point in the future, they can claim credit for having forced it through leverage. And that's why, you see, for example, Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire about a week ago and then immediately violated the next within hours. You would agree every Hezbollah terrorist that the IDF kills makes America safer. Well, Hezbollah is a danger to the United States. There's no doubt about it. (05:45–05:51)

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Asserts that Hezbollah violated a ceasefire agreement within hours of agreeing to it.

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