The Democratic president believes that “the opportunity to reach an agreement” is at stake after Israel put its troops on alert in the face of Hezbollah. This week, Israeli strikes have killed more than 600 people.
The President of the United States, Joe Bidenwarned on Wednesday of the possibility of a “total war” in the Middle East, after Israel put his troops on alert for a possible entry into the Lebanon.
“A total war is possible“the Democratic president told ABC, adding that he also believes that “there is still is at stake the opportunity to reach an agreement that could be a fundamental change for the entire region.”
Biden appeared to raise the possibility of a cease-fire in Lebanon, where Israeli attacks against the militia Hezbollahhave killed more than 600 people “There is a possibility, I don’t want to exaggerate, that if we achieve a ceasefire in Lebanon we can also deal with the West Bank,” the US president said.
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Israel has been carrying out operations in the occupied West Bank since late August against what it considers Palestinian militantsbut “we also have to deal with Gaza,” the president reiterated, when they have stalled negotiations for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas since attacks by the Palestinian group’s fighters on October 7.
“But it is possible and I am using all my energy and my team’s in achieving it. There is a desire to see a change in the region,” he said. The US president also put pressure on the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuto abandon his opposition to the creation of an independent Palestinian state. “I do not agree with his position. There must be a two-state solution,” Biden reiterated.
How the war in the Middle East continues
The boss of the Israel Armed Forcesurged his troops on Wednesday to be prepared for a possible offensive ground against Hezbollah in Lebanon, where the Israeli air force carried out new bombings on “large scale” against the Islamist movement.
“You can hear the planes from here; We are attacking all day long. “Both to prepare the ground for a possible entry, and to continue attacking Hezbollah,” said Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi in front of a tank brigade, according to a statement. “Their entry there in force (…) will show what it is like to encounter a professional combat force,” it added.
On Monday, the first Israeli attacks Mass in Lebanon They killed to 558 people and they wounded to more than 1,800, according to Lebanese authorities, the highest number in one day since the end of the civil war in the country (1975-1990). Israeli Army He had previously announced the mobilization of two reserve brigades and their deployment in the north of the country, to “continue the fight” against Hezbollah.
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