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Right now the biggest challenge is we don’t have enough crossing points to bring the food in,
she told The Associated Press in Cairo We are not where we should be to sustain that and to scale that,
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."
Hezbollah crossed the red line."
Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant put out his own statement on X, saying 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."
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 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 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."
I performed CPR together with an intensive care ambulance team on a man about 30 years old who, according to bystanders, was hit by rocket shrapnel. Unfortunately, after prolonged resuscitation efforts, he was pronounced dead."
Reshef Nuriel, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT who arrived at the scene, said Following the sirens that sounded in the area of the Upper Galilee, approximately 10 projectiles crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, the majority were intercepted. A hit was identified in the area of HaGoshrim in northern Israel. Reports were received regarding a civilian that was injured as a result of the attack. The IDF is currently striking the sources of fire."
We condemn the attack on the Druze community village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights and extend heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the family members of the 12 children who lost their lives in the attack,
the ministry spokesperson said in a commentary We urge all parties to refrain from any action that escalates regional tensions,
While we've seen a lot of activity on Israel's northern border, we remain concerned about the potential of this escalating into a full-blown fight. And I don't believe that a fight is inevitable,
We'd like to see things resolved in a diplomatic fashion,
he added during a joint press conference in Manila, following security talks between himself, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their respective Philippine counterparts What the Americans think and ask, that’s taken into consideration. And maybe some of the Europeans
Will they stick to Hezbollah targets or potentially widen their scope to... government infrastructure or the airport
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