US Worried Israel Will ‘Proactively’ Spark Full-Blown War With Hezbollah: Report

Cross-border tensions intensified after Israel assassinated a top resistance commander in southern Lebanon this week, prompting Hezbollah to launch a massive barrage of rockets

Senior US officials say that the government is concerned that Israel plans to make a “proactive move” against the Lebanese resistance on its northern front and spark a full-blown war “without a clear strategy,” according to a report by Hebrew daily Walla.

“The US fears that Israel will make a proactive move that will lead to a war with Hezbollah or will be dragged into such a war without a clear strategy and without thinking a few steps ahead about the consequences of such a scenario,” Israeli journalist Barak Ravid quotes the unnamed US officials as saying.

Washington has intensified diplomatic efforts to avert such a scenario, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently conveying these fears to his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant. According to Ravid, Washington’s concerns mainly stem from the possibility of getting dragged further into the simmering conflict.

“We are seeing an increase in activity in [Israel’s] north, and we don’t want things to escalate into a broader regional conflict … That was something that the secretary spoke with Mr Gallant about at length yesterday,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said on Thursday.

Ravid also refers to his recent report in Axios in which he revealed the White House “made it clear to Israel in recent weeks that the idea that a ‘limited war’ could be launched in Lebanon is unrealistic” and also warned Tel Aviv that an Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon “would likely push Iran to intervene.”

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