Israeli air raids on rocket sites are part of dangerous intensifying of hostilities, increasing fears that a major conflict could erupt
A Hezbollah UAV crossing from Lebanon is intercepted by an Israeli fighter jet over an area near the Lebanon-Israel boundary on 25 August.A Hezbollah UAV crossing from Lebanon is intercepted by an Israeli fighter jet over an area near the Lebanon-Israel boundary on 25 August.
“Nasrallah in Beirut and Khamenei in Tehran need to know that this is an additional step in changing the situation in the north, and returning our residents securely to their homes,” Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting on Sunday. “And I reiterate – this is not the end of the story.” “The enemy planned to launch many hundreds of rockets at the northern communities. The pre-emptive action meant that over fifty per cent, maybe two-thirds of them, were not launched,” Gallant said. He argued that Israel was at a “strategic crossroads” between possible negotiated solutions to the conflict in Gaza and the confrontation with Hezbollah in
Sean Savett, a spokesperson for the US national security council, said: “President Biden is closely monitoring events in Israel and Lebanon. He has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening. At his direction, senior US officials have been communicating continuously with their Israeli counterparts.
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