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US Sends Amphibious Assault Ship To Show Support for Israel Amid Lebanon Tensions

by Dave DeCamp | Jul 1, 2024

The US has deployed an amphibious assault ship to the Middle East to demonstrate support for Israel amid soaring tensions on the Lebanon-Israel border. The Pentagon announced that the USS Wasp arrived in the eastern Mediterranean Sea last week. The deployment comes...

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Iran Warns Israel of ‘Obliterating War’ If It Launches Full-Scale Attack on Lebanon

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 30, 2024

Iran's mission to the UN has warned Israel that a full-scale attack on Lebanon would result in an "obliterating war" that could involve all of Iran's allies in the region. The mission wrote on X that it believes Israel's recent threats against Lebanon could be...

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Report: US Thinks Israel Is Rushing Into War With Hezbollah With No Clear Strategy

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 13, 2024

The Biden administration is concerned that the violence on the Israel-Lebanon border could soon escalate into a full-blown war and that Israel is rushing into the conflict without a clear strategy, Axios reported on Wednesday. US officials told Axios that the...

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Smotrich Calls for Israel To Take Over Southern Lebanon If Hezbollah Doesn’t Withdraw from Border

by Dave DeCamp | May 19, 2024

On Sunday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the Israeli military to invade and take over southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw from the border. Smotrich called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to issue an ultimatum to Hezbollah. "A...

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Israeli Airstrike Hits Iranian Consulate Building in Damascus, High-Level Iranian General Reported Killed

by Dave DeCamp | Apr 1, 2024

Updated 4/1/24 at 6:00 pm EST On Monday, an Israeli airstrike leveled an Iranian consulate building that's next to the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, marking a significant escalation in Israeli attacks on Iranians in the region. At least seven...

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US Envoy Says a Truce in Gaza Will ‘Not Necessarily’ Extend to Lebanon

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 4, 2024

US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that a truce in Gaza will "not necessarily" extend to Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the border. "It does not necessarily happen that when you have a ceasefire in Gaza, it just automatically...

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US Officials Expect Israel to Launch Ground Invasion of Lebanon

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 29, 2024

US officials believe that Israel is planning to launch a ground invasion into Lebanon in late spring or early summer if a diplomatic solution is not reached, CNN reported on Thursday. "We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the...

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Report: Hezbollah Would Halt Fire on Israel If Ceasefire Reached in Gaza

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 27, 2024

Hezbollah would halt fire on Israel if Hamas agrees to a hostage deal that includes a ceasefire unless Israel continues to bomb southern Lebanon, Reuters reported on Tuesday. During the previous hostage deal that resulted in a seven-day truce in Gaza, there was calm...

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US Officials Think Netanyahu Might See War in Lebanon as Key to Political Survival

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 8, 2024

Some US officials are concerned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might see an expanded war in Lebanon as key to his political survival, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. Polls show the majority of Israelis want Netanyahu to resign once the campaign...

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White House Says ‘Nobody Should Shed a Tear’ for Senior Hamas Official Killed by Israel in Beirut

by Dave DeCamp | Jan 3, 2024

The White House on Wednesday gave tacit backing to the Israeli drone strike in Beirut that killed Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chief of Hamas’s political bureau, despite the risk of the action provoking a major war. US and Israeli officials speaking anonymously to the...

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