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STORY: UN / ISRAEL DANON PRESS ENCOUNTER
TRT: 02:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations
16 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon walks up to stakeout podium
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
3. Close up, camera
16 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“Overnight Israel expanded the forward defence area in southern Lebanon. This step was taken to remove immediate terrorist threats near our border and create an additional layer of security for the residents of northern Israel. Israel did not choose this situation, Hezbollah did. For weeks, Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israeli communities from southern Lebanon.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
5. Close up, reporter’s notepad
06 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“Look at how many launch sites are south of the Litani River. Everywhere you see the red dots. It's in one evening, Under UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Hezbollah is not supposed even to be there. Yet rockets are being fired from dozens of locations in exactly that area.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
7. Close up, reporter taking notes on mobile phone
06 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“Our message to the Lebanese government is simple. Step up. Step in. Since the ceasefire in November 2024, the Lebanese government has not done what it needed to do to dismantle Hezbollah. Lebanon must restrain Hezbollah now, or we will.”
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
9. Close up, camera
06 MARCH 2026, NEW YORK CITY
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“Meanwhile, the regime in Tehran is showing signs of weakness. Where is the new Supreme Leader? Where is he? He hasn't appeared in public. Leaders and members of the security forces are defecting. And while they hide, they continue to fire missiles from behind civilians, like the cowards that they are.”
11. Pan right, Danon walks away
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon today (16 Mar) told reporters in New York that the Lebanese government must “step up” and “step in” to “dismantle Hezbollah,” and said, “Lebanon must restrain Hezbollah now, or we will.”
Danon said Israel had expanded “the forward defence area” in southern Lebanon in order to “remove immediate terrorist threats near our border and create an additional layer of security for the residents of northern Israel.”
He said, “Israel did not choose this situation, Hezbollah did. For weeks, Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israeli communities from southern Lebanon.”
Pointing at a map, the Israeli Ambassador said, “look at how many launch sites are south of the Litani River. Everywhere you see the red dots. It's in one evening.”
He stressed that under Security Council Resolution 1701, “Hezbollah is not supposed even to be there. Yet rockets are being fired from dozens of locations in exactly that area.”
Turning to Iran, Danon said, “the regime in Tehran is showing signs of weakness,” and asked “where is the new Supreme Leader? Where is he?”
He said the new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei “hasn't appeared in public,” and “leaders and members of the security forces are defecting.”
Danon said, “while they hide, they continue to fire missiles from behind civilians, like the cowards that they are.”
