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Our support for Israel's security is ironclad and unwavering against all Iran-backed threats, including Hezbollah,
a spokesperson told Reuters As for conversations over the weekend, you bet we've had them and we had them at multiple levels,
If they avoid civilians and they avoid Beirut and its suburbs, then their attack could be well calculated,
I think Israelis overall believe that at some point Israel and Hezbollah will have a major war, but the question is when and how and under what conditions,
The entire thing is extremely problematic, and the most responsible and sensible thing is to get a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza, which would de-escalate things immediately [on Israel’s border with Lebanon] in the north,
This evacuation delay once more exposes Israel’s disregard for the lives of children and innocent civilians in Gaza. Vengeance is not a legitimate policy.”
The fact that the victims [in Majdal Shams] were all children and teenagers gives them an emotional [weight], but I don’t think the Israelis want to escalate,
[The ... The projectile] was clearly a mistake, and Hezbollah is not interested in targeting Druze, but Hezbollah was hitting Israeli positions about 2.5km [1.5 miles] away from Majdal Shams, so it is possible that it made a targeting error,
said Nicholas Blanford, an expert on Hezbollah with the Atlantic Council think tank If Israel were to hit Dahiya, then it wouldn’t surprise me if Hezbollah responded with one or two missiles going to [the Israeli city] Haifa [for example]. But the response would be proportionate with the overall goal of dialling things down,
Both Hezbollah and Israel are likely to claim victory in any subsequent arrangement to maintain their respective domestic support and deter further escalation,
Whoever thinks we can eliminate Hamas is wrong.”
In June, Israeli army spokesperson Daniel Hagari said We are all Druze.”
On Israel’s official X page, an image of the Israeli and Druze flags was posted with the caption [Mos ... Most] Israelis believe now is not the time,
There's rivalry. Who is the real voice of the Druze community - is it the Israeli Druze who are integrated in Israel and serve in the army, or is it the Lebanese who have been taking a stance against Israel, specifically Jumblatt who is a historic leader of the Druze,
said Mohanad Hage Ali of the Carnegie Middle East Center We hope this war will end and this massacre will be the last one in this devastating war,
said Sheikh Salim Abu Jabal Many Druze feel angry and do not want to be fuel in this war for any side,
A Jewish child murdered on the Gaza border on Oct. 7 and a Druze child murdered on the Golan Heights are the same. These are our children,
Gallant said during a visit to Majdal Shams The incident is being exploited by all sides,
said Lubna Al Bassit, an anti-Assad activist in Sweida, the Druze capital of Syria, who reflects the views of Druze who blame Iran and Hezbollah It was a shock because not once in the last nine months, even when the sirens were sounding, did we feel we were being targeted,
Hezbollah has evacuated some positions in the south and in the Bekaa valley that it thinks could be a target for Israel,
the source close to the group told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media