Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran and Hezbollah against getting involved in the conflict and says Israelis should prepare for a long battle.
US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to make clear Israel has the right to defend itself, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced. Biden will reaffirm solidarity with Israel as it prepares for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, Blinken said after lengthy talks with Netanyahu. "On Wednesday, President Biden will visit Israel," Blinken said in Tel Aviv.
Israel has ordered the evacuation of villages in a strip of territory near its border with Lebanon, raising fears the war could spread to a new front. Israel vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules Gaza, after its fighters burst across the barrier surrounding the enclave on 7 October, gunning down 1,300 Israelis , mainly civilians, in the deadliest day in Israel's 75-year history. It has put Gaza, home to 2.
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