The United States is trying to process both Israel's government and Hezbollah's leadership, in order to avoid an escalation of the war in the Middle East, writes the New York Times with reference to sources.
US President Joe Biden has, as part of this, personally advised Israel against attacking the terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon.
In the dialogue with Israel, the US is said to have urged Israel not to give Hezbollah "an easy excuse to enter the war". In addition, the country has warned of the consequences of a two-front war with Hamas in the south and the "significantly stronger" Hezbollah in the north.
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Pence's hostage solution: I had sent soldiers there
If Mike Pence were president, he would have sent American soldiers to Gaza to work with Israeli allies to evacuate people taken hostage by Hamas. This is what the former vice president says in an interview with CNN.
The 64-year-old, who aims to be the Republican presidential candidate next year, further says that he had given Hamas a deadline of twelve hours before the United States comes and "collects" the hostages.
- We are talking about Americans taken hostage by brutal Hamas terrorists.
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Columns: What is Israel's plan for Gaza after Hamas?
Israel
has launched a military operation to destroy Hamas, annihilate the
terrorist threat from Gaza, solve the hostage situation and defend the
people of Israel. But much more than that is at stake in the Middle East right now, write The Guardian and New York Times in commentary texts.
What
makes the Israeli offensive particularly worrying, writes Simon Tisdall
at The Guardian, is that it does not seem to take into account what
will happen after Hamas is defeated.
"That's because there almost certainly is no [such plan]," he writes.
The risk is instead that Israel ends up in a two-front war with Hamas on one side and Hezbollah on the other. As well as, he writes, that more countries are drawn in – Iraq and Syria.
How
Israel continues to choose to act is expected to be completely decisive
for the future and not only for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
continued political career. But also for America's Joe Biden. And for peace.
If
Netanyahu chooses to turn his back on the Palestinian civilians, he
could be making a big mistake, believes the New York Times' Thomas L
Friedman.
He believes that Israel certainly has the right to take revenge, but the country must do it "in the right way".
"On one that does not play into the hands of Hamas, Iran and Russia," he writes.
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Hezbollah's response: Focus on Israel - not us
The United States is trying at all costs to prevent an escalation of the war in Israel, sources told the New York Times. But to the extent that the country hopes to persuade the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, they think wrong, states the leader of the terrorist group, according to the AP news agency.
Sheikh Naim Kassem states that the foreign ministers of France and Germany have also tried to process them, but that all such attempts are fruitless as long as Israel itself does not back down.
- Don't you think that other forces of resistance will act if you try to crush the Palestinian resistance? asked Naim Kassem rhetorically, in a speech on Saturday, to which he added:
- We are today in the center of the battles. We are making progress.
The statement was made after Israel carried out new drone attacks against southern Lebanon, this as a response to Hezbollah firing rockets at Israel.
At the same time, the US, through its contacts in the Middle East and Iran, is trying to get Hezbollah to hold back its aggression.
In his attempts to warn Israel, Joe Biden is reported to have mentioned the US wars against Afghanistan and Iraq.
Both the White House and representatives of Israel have refused to comment on the data.
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Israel steps up strikes - warns of 'significant fighting'
The Israeli military has once again warned residents of northern Gaza that a ground invasion may be underway, writes Politico. Leaflets have been released from Israeli planes and residents are said to have also received messages on their phones.
The message stated, among other things, that people in northern Gaza who do not evacuate may be considered allied "with a terrorist organization". However, spokesperson Jonathan Conricus believes that the message was distorted when it was translated from Hebrew to Arabic, and then to English.
The message is that all people in northern Gaza should evacuate wherever they are, because there will be "significant fighting," he says.
Another spokesperson said on Saturday that the airstrikes will intensify from now on.
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UN plea: Don't let the first delivery be the last - Gaza faces disaster
The WHO, the UN, the Red Cross and several other organizations demand continued emergency deliveries into Gaza. They believe that Saturday morning's convoy of a total of 20 trucks with supplies is far from enough, several media write.
Cindy McCain at the UN food program WFP warns that people will starve to death and that the lack of food, water, electricity and fuel makes the situation for the inhabitants "catastrophic".
- This cannot be the last convoy, there are too many lives at stake, she says according to CNN.
According to AP, over 200 cars carrying 3,000 tons of emergency aid have been waiting at the border between Gaza and Egypt in recent days. The 20 trucks allowed in on Saturday marked the first delivery since Israel's total blockade, which was announced after the October 7 attack by the Hamas terror group.
Reuters writes that there are talks about a possible new delivery on Sunday.
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