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We will not allow arms transfers to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation in any way. We know about Iranian arms shipments to Hezbollah and foil them. Air force jets are now patrolling around the Beirut airport,
military spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a televised briefing The United States was not involved in this operation and we had no advanced warning,
Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters He (Biden) has directed the Pentagon to assess and adjust as necessary U.S. force posture in the region to enhance deterrence, ensure force protection, and support the full range of U.S. objectives,
He could have been quicker to respond and more severe to these attacks by proxy forces,
said Michael 'Mick' Mulroy, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East under the Trump administration Diplomacy is not a matter of snapping our fingers and – voila,
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council earlier this month Plan A hasn’t worked for months. So where’s Plan B?”
Panikoff, the former intelligence official now at the Atlantic Council think-tank in Washington, described the crux of the Biden administration’s Gaza dilemma as What we’re seeing are the limits of U.S. power and influence in the Middle East,
said Jonathan Panikoff, the U.S. government's former deputy national intelligence officer for the region President Biden's original blunder was to say the U.S. will, no matter what, stand for Israel,
one Western official said So let me be clear, Israel and Lebanon can choose a different path, despite the sharp escalation in recent days, a diplomatic solution is still viable,
We now face the risk of an all-out war. Another full-scale war (could) be devastating for both Israel and Lebanon,
Austin said after a meeting with his British and Australian counterparts in London