US, European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah from spiralling into a wider war; Richard Marles says the future of AUKUS will be unaffected by the outcome of the US presidential election. Follow updates here.
Washington | US, European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiralling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats on Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over Hezbollah. Hopes are flagging for a cease-fire in Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza that would calm attacks by Hezbollah and other Iranian-allied militias.
The Americans and Europeans are warning the group it should not count on the United States or anyone else being able to hold off Israeli leaders if they decide to execute battle-ready plans for an offensive into Lebanon. And Hezbollah should not count on its fighters’ ability to handle whatever would come next. On both sides of the Lebanese border, escalating strikes between Israel and Hezbollah, one of the region’s best-armed fighting forces, appeared at least to level off this week.
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