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Israeli legislator says Beirut’s Dahiyeh ‘will look like Gaza’

Nissim Vaturi, an Israeli legislator from Netanyahu’s Likud party, has said that “it’s a matter of days” before Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah develops into a full-on war, Al Jazeera reports.

Speaking to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster, Vaturi laid out his plan for the war, calling for preemptive aerial bombardment lasting for up to five days followed by a ground invasion.

The legislator, who is also a member of Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, claimed that Netanyahu shared his views.

“Dahiyeh will look like Gaza, there is no other way,” he added, referring to the southern suburb of Beirut.

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