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The US has discussed the possibility of using military force if the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah joins the war by attacking Israeli forces, according to an Axios report.
The report, citing three US officials and an Israeli official, came as Iran warned Israel on Monday that Hezbollah was close to entering the Hamas war.
The report writes:
The US has discussed the possibility of using military force if the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah joins the war by attacking Israeli forces, according to an Axios report.
The report, citing three US officials and an Israeli official, came as Iran warned Israel on Monday that Hezbollah was close to entering the Hamas war.
The report writes:
The scenario of using US military force if Hezbollah were to join the war “has come up in several White House meetings in recent days,” it says.Two U.S. officials said Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Arab leaders in the region, with whom he’d met in recent days, that the U.S. “is not fooling around” by sending so many military assets to the region in support of Israel.
The two U.S. officials stressed the administration is doing all it can to keep Hezbollah out of the war — but also is preparing for the opposite scenario.
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