US Secretary of State has reaffirmed that negotiation is the best course of action for the United States in the Israeli-Lebanese dispute. Israel is still bombarding Lebanon in the meantime, which is making the situation in the Middle East tougher.
Talking to media on Friday afternoon, Antony Blinken stated that the whole world and the Middle East were at a dangerous period. The decisions made by everyone involved in the next few days will decide the course that this area takes, Blinken added, with far-reaching effects on its citizens both now and potentially in the future.
According to American diplomat, the road to negotiation may not be obvious right now, but it exists and is essential. Blinken’s comments were made just a few hours following the Israeli armed forces pounded southern Beirut, accusing Hezbollah of having its “central headquarters” in the region.
The local health department reports that the strikes on the Dahiyeh neighborhood resulted in at least six fatalities and over 70 injuries. Witnesses reported that six apartment buildings were leveled in an extraordinary assault.
As rescue workers search through the debris, more deaths are anticipated. The strike came after many days of Israeli bombardment in eastern and southern Lebanon, which resulted in many thousands of inhabitants having to evacuate and several hundred deaths.
Following about a year of shelling between Israeli troops and Hezbollah over the frontier between the two countries, there was an increase in bloodshed in recent weeks. The Lebanese organization claimed to have started firing rockets into the north of Israel as a show of support for the Palestinian people in Gaza who are being bombarded by Israel.
In light of the recent spike in aggression, the US, France, and other nations put out a proposal for a three-week truce in Lebanon. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, rejected it practically right away.
Israel would continue to battle till “total victory,” Netanyahu declared shortly before the Friday attacks at the UN General Assembly. The prime minister of Israel emphasized that until the evacuated Israeli residents are allowed to get back to their houses in the northern regions, his administration will not leave the fight.
US Patronage
Analysts have been warning recurrently about Israeli incessant bombardment of Gaza that has resulted in the deaths of over 41,000 Palestinian people. There was always a chance that the Gaza war will spread to other parts of the area.
However, suggestions to tie aid to Israel in an effort to force a truce in Gaza or stop the violence in Lebanon have been rebuffed by the government of Joe Biden. Israel receives billions in defense funding from Washington each year. As the Gaza battle rages on, Biden has approved more arms shipments to the nation.
In the face of worldwide censure of Israel for its Gaza war and the fresh war in Lebanon, his government has further offered diplomatic support to the Jewish state.
