Oct 21, 2023 at 7:13 AM Update: an hour ago
US President Joe Biden and top officials are doing everything they can to prevent Israel from carrying out a large-scale attack on Hezbollah. The US government fears that the Lebanese organization, which is supported by Iran, could become involved in the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Americans made it clear to the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind the scenes this week that “it is difficult to fight both Hamas in the south and the much stronger Hezbollah in the north,” the sources report. The New York Times.
The US fears that “Israel could struggle in a two-front war.” That could mean that “both the United States and Iran become involved in such a conflict” and Biden wants to prevent that.
Israel attacks Hezbollah targets
Since the war between Hamas and Israel started two weeks ago, there have been several unrests in the border area between Lebanon and Israel. In the night from Friday to Saturday, Israel announced that it had attacked Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
About 20,000 residents of the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, about 2 kilometers from the border with Lebanon, were asked to evacuate on Friday due to the unrest at the border.
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