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We know that these things are connected to each other, the northern part and the southern part, they’re all part of the same large situation in which we are at from October 7th on. And we’re very worried that if we don’t make the right decisions now, we will miss this amazing opportunity to get the hostages out,
Dickmann said on Thursday It is now the G7 countries, the European Union, the leading Arab countries, everyone speaking with one clear voice about the need to get that cease-fire in the north,
Blinken said in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday before he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top strategy advisor, Ron Dermer, in New York I can’t speak for him,
Blinken said of Netanyahu No one should try to exploit this crisis or expand this conflict.”
And he issued a warning to Iran and other U.S. adversaries, saying We call for an immediate 21-day cease-fire across the Lebanon-Israel border to provide space for diplomacy,
What we’re saying, what the world is saying, is very clear, and we’ll be looking to work with the Israelis and all the parties throughout the rest of the day,
Israel and Lebanon can choose a different path,
This is the most formidable enemy Israel has ever faced on the battlefield, not because of numbers and tech but in terms of resilience.
Andreas Krieg, a senior lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London, said They are far less accessible than in Gaza and even less easy to destroy,
We're far away from a negotiated settlement in Gaza, and I don't see the Netanyahu government making any concessions.
But Krieg expressed scepticism, telling MailOnline It is extremely capable - and I would say more effective than Israel - when it comes to ground war, underground offensive, and we've seen this historically, particularly in 2006.
Amal Saad, a Lebanese researcher on Hezbollah who is based at Cardiff University, said of the group The Islamic Republic has preferred at this stage to consciously maintain the initiative and not lose it even in response to Israeli acts of terror. In this vein, the timing, nature and scale of this reaction will be set in Tehran while maintaining a sense of agency,
Iran will not wait so long as to make the enemy insolent and believe that there will be no strike back. After the supreme leader’s speech, I think a strike will take place soon,
And a potential war will not simply be a war of missiles and drones, it would be a hybrid war,
the former official explained The Islamic Republic of Iran does not wish to turn war into its main issue, which is something Israel wants at the moment. I believe Iran’s response will be patient but more real than what may initially come to mind,
For the past two decades, Hezbollah has consistently and relentlessly deepened its presence in southern Lebanon, building outposts, along the blue line, hiding massive amounts of arms in the villages of southern Lebanon in clear violation of UN Security Council resolution 1701. We have a duty to make sure that Israeli civilians can return safely back to their homes. We have a duty to make sure that October the 7th never happens again - on any one of our borders,
Israel is basically telegraphing its punches to its enemy so that it can minimize civilian harm,
The IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] has observed around 40,000 Iranian-backed Iraqi, Syrian, and Houthi militants concentrate around the Syrian border with the Golan Heights, according to Israeli media
According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW Today, Hezbollah expanded its range of fire, and later today, they will receive a very strong response. Prepare yourselves,
Following Hezbollah missile strikes on central Israel, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said ... according to Time Magazine This is an American-French proposal, to which the prime minister did not even respond,
his office said in a statement