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US Urges Diplomacy as Tensions Rise Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
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The situation in the Middle East remains tense, with Iran and Israel engaging in a war of words over Hezbollah. Iran has warned Israel against "full-scale military aggression" in Lebanon, dismissing Israeli threats as "psychological warfare" and "propaganda". Meanwhile, the border between Israel and Lebanon has seen daily exchanges of fire between Israeli forces.
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Their perspective is that it is extremely dangerous to attack an enemy that has spent 20 years preparing for exactly this.
In the past few hours, warplanes attacked several Hezbollah targets, including a military site for the organisation in the Zabqin area, two operational infrastructure sites in the Khiam area, and a Hezbollah building in the al-Adissa [Odaisseh] area.
We can plunge Lebanon completely into the dark and take apart Hezbollah's power in days.
Another war between Israel and Hezbollah could easily become a regional war, with terrible consequences for the Middle East.
Such a war would be a catastrophe for Lebanon.
Since October last year, around 400 of its fighters have been killed. That's more than during the 2006 war [between Israel and Hezbollah]. So the leadership also wants to demonstrate strength for its internal audience and, at the same time, improve its position in any possible future negotiations.
We are registering a gradual escalation that has increased in intensity in recent weeks.
Of course, through these constant attempts to deter each other and then the respective countermeasures, it could happen that they reach a kind of point of no return at some time where one side says we have to react more strongly, which in turn motivates the other side to strike back harder.
I don't think Hezbollah will accept [negotiations] in absence of a ceasefire [in Gaza].
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sources
- 1.Al Jazeera
- 2.CNN
- 3.DW News
- 4.The Guardian
- 5.CTV News
- 6.The New York Times
- 7.The Washington Post
- 8.Alquds Alarabi
- 9.Associated Press
- 10.Axios
- 11.Reuters
- 12.Times
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 3.British Foreign Policy
- 4.Israel Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 6.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 7.Iran Foreign Policy
- 8.Ethnic tensions
- 9.French Foreign Policy
- 10.Israel-Lebanese Hezbollah Conflict
- 11.Espionage
- 12.Italian Foreign Policy
countries
- 1.Canada
- 2.Cyprus
- 3.Germany
- 4.Algeria
- 5.France
- 6.Israel
- 7.Iraq
- 8.Iran, Islamic Republic of
- 9.Lebanon
- 10.Netherlands
- 11.Palestine, State of
- 12.Syrian Arab Republic
organizations
- 1.Hezbollah
- 2.Hamas
- 3.Houthi
- 4.European Union
- 5.Palestine Liberation Organization
- 6.Palestinian National Authority
- 7.United Nations
- 8.US Central Command
- 9.White House
- 10.American University of Beirut
- 11.Carnegie Middle East Program
- 12.Fatah
persons
- 1.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 2.Yoav Galant
- 3.Hassan Nasrallah
- 4.Amos Hochstein
- 5.Tzachi Nanegbi
- 6.Aaron Boxerman
- 7.Abu Ahmad
- 8.Abu Ali
- 9.Ahed Mahar
- 10.Amal Saad
- 11.Amr Hamzawy
- 12.Benny Gantz