Fitch lowered Israel's rating from 'A+' to 'A', noting the conflict in Gaza could continue well into next year.
Fitch lowered Israel's rating from "A+" to "A", noting the conflict in Gaza could continue well into next year.
“The lowering of the rating is a consequence of Israel’s dealing with a multi-arena war that was imposed on it,” it said in a statement Tuesday.International mediators have invited Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations this week on a ceasefire and hostage release deal, an invitation which Israel has accepted.
Israel has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon, prompting the mass evacuation of Israeli civilians from areas near the border.Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah have vowed revenge for the killings of Hamas’s political leader in Tehran and of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut.
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