As hardliners push for escalation in Lebanon, Netanyahu tests Trump’s limits

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces domestic pressure to escalate military actions in Lebanon following a deadly Hezbollah attack that killed four Israeli soldiers. The situation highlights tensions between Israeli hardliners advocating heavy retaliation and external calls for restraint, including from the US.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure at home to escalate in Lebanon – once again – after four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack inside Lebanon overnight Friday. But the Israeli leader, trapped between far-right politicians saying “all of Lebanon should burn” and a US president demanding an immediate end to … The post As hardliners push for escalation in Lebanon, Netanyahu tests Trump’s limits appeared first on Egypt Independent.