Hezbollah joining the war would escalate the Middle East's worst conflict in decades — raising the likelihood of mass civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon and possibly drawing in the U.S.
Share on linkedin U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attend an Israeli war Cabinet meeting on Monday. Photo: Haim Zach /Handout/Anadolu via Getty Imagesand attacks Israel with its huge arsenal of rockets, three U.S. officials and one Israeli official with knowledge of the situation tell Axios.
Hezbollah so far has refrained from sending its operatives for a ground assault or from firing its long-range, accurate missiles at Israeli targets.One of the U.S. officials said the response the Biden administration received from Iran and Hezbollah through intermediaries was that while they don't want an escalation, they might have to intervene if Israel continues its military operation in Gaza.
The two U.S. officials stressed the administration is doing all it can to keep Hezbollah out of the war — but also is preparing for the opposite scenario.In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, President Biden expressed concern about the war expanding along the Israeli-Lebanese border, U.S. and Israeli officials said.
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