The Israeli military has warned that cross-border attacks on Israel by Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia could spark a wider conflict. On Monday, White House advisers met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
Amos Hochstein, consultant Monitored previous talks between Israel and LebanonThose meeting with Israeli leaders are increasingly concerned that the confrontation with Hezbollah, a powerful militia and Lebanese political faction backed by Iran, could develop into an all-out war. Several Israeli news outlets Reported Mr Hochstein is holding talks aimed at preventing the situation from escalating further.
in a Post on social media Late Sunday night, the Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said: “Hezbollah’s growing aggression puts us at risk of a broader escalation that could have disastrous consequences for Lebanon and the entire region.”
His comments echoed threats made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month, days after Hezbollah fired multiple rockets and carried out drone explosions into northern Israel from Lebanon.
“If anyone thinks he can harm us and we stand aside and do nothing, he is gravely mistaken,” Netanyahu said., According to his government, When visiting soldiers and firefighters Northern Israel. “We are ready to take very drastic action in the north.”
Israel-Hezbollah conflict Intertwined with the battle with Hamas In the Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire for months since Hamas, another Iran-backed group, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking the Gaza War. More than 150,000 people have been killed on both sides of the Israeli-Lebanese border. Displaced by fighting There.
Hezbollah attacks Gradually intensifiedThe group has used larger, more advanced weapons and carried out more frequent and deeper attacks beyond the border. No all-out war has broken out between the two sides, but tensions have risen in the past week.
Last Tuesday, Israel launched an attack that killed Talib AbdullahThe move by one of Hezbollah’s top commanders prompted the group to intensify its attacks the next day.
Two days later, the Israeli military said its fighter jets attacked “Hezbollah military structures” in a Lebanese border village overnight. Then Hezbollah launched what Israeli officials called the heaviest rocket and drone attacks in more than eight months of hostilities, which continued into the evening.
The United States, France and other mediators have been trying for months to contain the fighting.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that France and the United States had agreed in principle to set up a trilateral group with Israel to “advance” French proposals to end violence. The effort was rejected the next day.Said France has adopted a “hostile policy” towards Israel.
