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Marco Rubio: “If [the Israeli government] feel threatened by Hezbollah…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:06

I think I don't speak for the Israeli government. I can only tell you and echo what they've said publicly. And that is that If [the Israeli government] feel threatened by Hezbollah, they will take actions in their defense against them. So we all would hope that we could avoid that, right? We would all hope that in order to have peace, you have to avoid that. (00:06–21:22)

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Asserts that Israel will act in self-defense if threatened by Hezbollah.

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