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We are working closely together to achieve an agreement, but we must also discuss readiness on every possible scenario.”
Gallant, in response, said We’re going to continue to help Israel defend itself; that’s not going to change,
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said There is a concern, of course, that if there is an all out war with Lebanon, it won’t stay in Lebanon. This is something which other countries should consider, however.”
said Lt Col Yarden, adding Hezbollah most probably have a strategy ready in case of a limited, protracted war in south Lebanon and they have probably prepared a strategy in case there is a wider full-scale war,
Karim Emile Bitar, professor of international relations at University Saint Joseph in Beirut, said We’re in a situation where, on both sides, domestic political considerations take prevalence,
Hezbollah is displaying and simulating to Israel its options [to widen the] war … [this will make Israel] understand that the repercussions are seriously costly,
Imad Salamey, a political scientist at the Lebanese American University, said I don’t think Hezbollah will accept [negotiations] in absence of a ceasefire [in Gaza],
said Amal Saad, the author of two books on Hezbollah Since October 8th, Cyprus has been a key location where Israeli reservists fly into and then go on to Israel,
Seth Krummrich, a former special forces officer who is now at Global Guardian risk management firm, told Al Jazeera Hezbollah is conscious that most Lebanese, including a significant part of their own supporters, do not want a new war,
Hezbollah, as well as the Iranian regime, realises [an escalation] would be extremely risky and devastating for Lebanon,
Nasrallah has said they will keep fighting until Hamas is victorious and if Hamas is weakened and undermined then Hezbollah won’t sit on [its] hands,
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,
according to the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper We are working on a political solution. That is always the better option,
Gallant said during a visit on Friday to troops near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon Hezbollah understands very well that we can inflict massive damage in Lebanon if a war is launched,
he said in Washington, DC All options, [including] the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,
the mission wrote in a post on X late on Friday, referring to Iran-aligned armed groups across the region Iran's support has helped Hezbollah consolidate its position as Lebanon's most powerful political actor as well as the most-equipped military actor supported by Iran in the whole of the Middle East,
said Lina Khatib, the director of the SOAS Middle East Institute in London We now have new weapons. But I won't say what they are,
If there’s not enough room on the marshaling yard, then it doesn’t make sense to put our men and women out there, when there’s nothing to move,
We’ll continue developing the settlements to maintain Israel’s security and to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger our existence,