The US Sec of State has arrived in Israel for a ‘deal’ that ain’t…..
Neither party who would do the deal want it….
As long as Biden keeps supplying Israel with support on their hunting?
Israel IS gonna KEEP hunting Hamas….
As long as Israel is hunting Hamas and Hezbollah ?
Hamas and Hezbollah ARE gonna keep attacking Israel and making threats for LARGER attacks…
There isn’t gonna be a deal….
Blinken IS wasting his time and jet fuel….
Fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has intensified over the weekend despite diplomatic efforts to de-escalate tensions between the two and prevent an expected Hezbollah and Iranian attack against Israel.
An Israeli attack on Saturday was one of the bloodiest for civilians since fighting began in October, killing 10 Syrian workers and their family members in what Israel said was a strike on a Hezbollah weapons depot in Nabatieh, south Lebanon. In response, Hezbollah launched a 55-missile barrage at the town of Ayelet HaShahar, in north Israel.
Three Unifil peacekeepers were also lightly injured in an explosion on Sunday while on patrol in the Lebanese border town of Yarin. A source within Unifil said they believed the soldiers were injured by a nearby Israeli airstrike, but that they were still investigating the incident….
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Hezbollah released a video on Friday showcasing missile-laden trucks driving through an allegedly city-sized tunnel network, the first time the group had revealed its widely reputed tunnel network on camera.
A source in Hezbollah said: “The enemy [Israel] wants a war and is always attempting to pressure us, so we are ready for all possibilities.” They added that that the group’s rocket capabilities were “very large” and what was displayed in Friday’s video was just “a drop in the ocean of what Hezbollah possesses”.
The US and other western powers have been engaged in furious diplomacy since the dual assassinations in Beirut and Tehran. The US envoy Amos Hochstein visited both Tel Aviv and Beirut this week, while an emergency round of talks to forge a ceasefire in Gaza was held in Doha last week.
But western diplomats in Beirut say they have been left in the dark about Hezbollah’s promised retaliation against Israel and that the group has given no clue “where or when” the attack would take place….
Aug 18, 2024 – ISW Press
Hamas rejected the latest US-mediated ceasefire-hostage proposal negotiated last week with Egypt, Israel, and Qatar.
FYI….
This is one the reasons that a Hamas/Israeli peace is a LONG WAY off if Ever….The anger on BOTH sides seems to be too deep
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
I pressed senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan on whether Hamas accepts any responsibility for the loss of civilian life in Gaza, which residents have told CNN they believe it does. He wouldn’t answer and instead took me on a history lesson of events he didn’t know I witnessed myself.
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
In fact, I’ve asked hard questions of Israeli officials in this war and wars past, including on IDF responsibility for civilian casualties in Gaza.