Lebanon and its government are not to blame for Hezbollah and its recent attacks on Israeli territory, Lebanon's prime minister said Tuesday.
in a speech last week warned Hezbollah — and Lebanon — to "be careful what you say and more careful what you do."
Israeli soldiers stand guard in the northern Israeli town of Avivim, close to the border with Lebanon, on September 2, 2019. -Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire along the Lebanese border after a week of rising tensions, sparking fears of an escalation and prompting concern from world powers."If a bank misuses this trust, we don't like it, definitely. We try to stop it, I try to stop it," he said, adding that the U.S.
The IDF said it responded by shelling Hezbollah positions with artillery and helicopter fire, afterward calling the operation a success. Demarais said Hezbollah has political backing from within senior levels of Lebanon's government, and therefore "is wary of compromising its recent increase in political popularity by dragging Lebanon into a new war with Israel."
The tensions also make things more complex for Hariri, already under strain amid competing political factions and a looming economic crisis.Faysal Itani, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, sees the latest fighting as more of a face-saving exercise than a genuine provocation.
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