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We are approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon,
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Israel must respond to this incident, it must have a comprehensive plan of action. It is possible to hit Lebanon hard and to tear it apart."
Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, who left Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wartime cabinet in early June, was breathing fire We've all heard about this all-out war scenario, now multiple points over the last 10 months,
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on July 29. We're continuing to work toward a diplomatic resolution that would allow Israeli and Lebanese civilians to return to their homes and live in peace and security. We certainly want to avoid any kind of escalation,
State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told a briefing Israel has every right to defend itself" and "certainly faces threats like no other country does in that region of the world,
The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of the children in Majdal Shams and the killing of numerous additional Israeli civilians,
the Israeli military said We remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full fight. And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable,
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said I think that you know, we'd like to see things resolved in a diplomatic fashion,
he said, ducking a question about whether Israel could manage a full-out war with Lebanon as it battled Hamas in Gaza If Israel is attacked.. we will help to help Israel defend itself. We've been clear about that from the very beginning, but again, we don't want to see that happen,
This escalation won’t become a bigger war because Israel is still also busy in the Gaza front and they have to stick with the goal of destroying, or weakening Hamas as much as it can be."
Israeli citizens up north fear Lebanese Hezbollah forces storming across the border and won’t return home without that addressed. If it’s not addressed, the Majdal Shams attack could give credence to those in Israel calling for addressing the Lebanon Hezbollah challenge now."
Since the main theater of operations for the Israeli forces remains the Gaza Strip, for the time being it appears as if Israel does not seek to engage Hezbollah in an all-out war. Israel will likely retaliate against Hezbollah at a level just below the assessed threshold of war, yet likely in such a way that will be public and hard for the Lebanese terror organization to hide."
Conricus, a senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, added The Islamic Republic of Iran stands to benefit from Israel continuing to focus its military capabilities on Iran’s proxies instead of on the Iranian revolutionary guard, and will likely maintain its strategy of providing weapons to terror organizations around Israel to keep it engaged and in a perpetual state of fighting. Until Israel changes its strategy against Iran, the likelihood of decades of continued fighting and instability in the Middle East are high."
Former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said The big question is what will be the U.S. policy" when Israel launches a full
Avivi, who is the founder of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said And whether we will see Biden sending the message again ’Don’t’ and getting serious and sending forces to the Middle East."
Israel has been waging a successful surgical campaign directed at senior enemy combatants, with extremely limited collateral damage in Lebanon, while Hezbollah has already killed 24 Israeli civilians along with 22 Israeli soldiers since October 8. ... The human toll in Israel greatly exceeds the tolerance of the Israeli population, and Hezbollah’s aggression will therefore have to be met with significant actions by Israel."
The backing and active participation of elected officials in riots at IDF bases, along with harsh statements against senior IDF officers, is a very serious and dangerous phenomenon that harms security, social cohesion, and Israel’s image in the eyes of the world,
The Israeli army has been preparing for a war on several fronts for a long time, but that doesn’t mean it necessarily wants one
What the Americans think and ask, that’s taken into consideration. And maybe some of the Europeans
Israel must listen and consider the United States’s opinion, particularly when it comes to Hezbollah, because Washington might have to intervene to support Israel if the conflict escalates,