A senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden says it’s critical to take advantage of “this window for diplomatic action” to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and ongoing hostilities along the Lebanon-Israel border, fearing that escalations could spiral “out of control.” Amos Hochstein is tasked with shuttle diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel.
In this photo released by the Lebanese Parliament media office, Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden , Amos Hochstein, left meets with the Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon , Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden Amos Hochstein, gestures as he meets with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, in Beirut, Lebanon , Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Senior Advisor to U.S.
, whom Israel accused of leading a rocket attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 youths. Hours later, an explosion widely blamed on Israel killed Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. Both The “broad consensus” is that a cease-fire in Gaza would help bring calm to hostilities in Lebanon and elsewhere in the region, said Maha Yahya, the director of the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center. She believes that Hezbollah and Iran did not expect the war in Gaza to continue for so long.
If war breaks out between Hezbollah and Israel, it would be the first since a six-week war in the summer of 2006 ended in a draw.War would further devastate Lebanon, which already has a deeply divided government and a battered economy. Mikati’s caretaker government has met to discuss an emergency response plan should war break out.
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