U.S. sends senior adviser amid surging Israel-Lebanon tensions

[Pelican Press 0]

U.S. sends senior adviser amid surging *******-Lebanon tensions

Smoke and flame rise after Hezbollah carried out a missile ******* on Safed city, northern ******* on June 12, 2024.

Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images

A senior U.S. adviser will travel to ******* in a bid to cool rising tensions at the Lebanon border, where recent rains of missiles have reignited the risk of a broader conflict between the ******* nation and Iran-backed militia.

Over the past week, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has ramped up hostilities and cross-border missile attacks against targets in northern *******, according to ******* Defense Forces and the Hezbollah-aligned al-Manar news outlet.

It comes amid a ramp-up in attacks by Hezbollah in recent weeks following repeat offensives against its neighbor since October.

The group is aligned with the similarly Iran-backed ************ militant organization ******, although Tehran denies that it commands these directly. Hezbollah claims solidarity with the ************ plight amid *******’s war campaign in the Gaza Strip.

Tensions have spiked on the border since the ******* Defense Forces on June 12

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

that an ******** air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Jouaiyya ******* a senior Hezbollah commander, Sami Taleb Abdullah, alongside three other group operatives.

The IDF claimed that Taleb Abdullah had “planned, advanced and carried out a large number of ********** attacks against ******** civilians,” which CNBC could not independently confirm.

******* has been responding to subsequent *****, with fighter jets most recently mobilizing against targets in four locations in southern Lebanon on Sunday,

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

— which warned that further warfare could be afoot.

“[The] Hezbollah ******* organization in Lebanon has been escalating its attacks against *******,” IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

, claiming that the Lebanese militant group had fired over 5,000 rockets, anti-tank missiles and explosive drones at ******* since joining the conflict.

“Hezbollah’s increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation, one that could have devastating consequences for Lebanon and the entire region,” Hagari added. “******* will take the necessary measures to protect its civilians, until security along our border with Lebanon is restored. One way or another, we will ensure the safe and secure of Israelis to their homes in northern *******. This is not up for negotiation.”

HoweveHezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said last week that any ******** expansion of the conflict in Lebanon will be met with “devastation, destruction and displacement” within the ******* state, according to a

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

-translated report from al-Manar.

He warned that Hezbollah has so far only used “a small portion of its capabilities in proportion to the nature of the battle.”

Since last year, tens of thousands of Israelis and Lebanese people have been forced to flee their border-facing settlements as they fast became battlefields.

The latest ****-for-tat reprisals will be concerning for Washington, which has sought to contain tensions from sparking a chain reaction of hostilities between ******* and Hezbollah.

Amos Hochstein, a senior diplomatic adviser to the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, is expected in ******* on Monday, an ******** official told NBC News.

The White House views pacifying tensions between Lebanon and ******* and cease-***** talks in the Gaza Strip as interlinked, and the Biden administration is trying to gain traction behind its peace plan for the enclave.

The increase in ********-Hezbollah hostilities will also raise questions for market watchers who have already seen the Gaza war ripple into international trade. Claiming solidarity with the ************ cause, Yemen’s Houthi — also backed by Iran — have delivered a series of naval attacks in the Red Sea, disrupting or stalling transit through a key trade route and effectively taking the waterway ********.

On Sunday, the Yemeni group said it targeted three ships in the Red Sea, including a U.S. destroyer, according to a

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

-translated

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

– although it was unclear if any of the missiles had hit.

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Defense,Politics,Breaking News: Politics,******* States,*******,Joe Biden,Government and politics,Foreign policy,Iran,business news
#U.S #sends #senior #adviser #surging #IsraelLebanon #tensions

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/