Officials added that Biden administration I reported Israeli government It opposes an IDF ground operation in South Lebanon.
Axios quoted officials as saying that although Hezbollah is the closest proxy force to IranHowever, the Iranians are currently very reluctant to get directly involved in the fighting in Lebanon.
Iran vows to respond to Hamas leader’s assassination Ismail Haniyeh In Tehran two months ago, and American officials do not rule out that the Iranians will attack Israel at some point.
After Hezbollah began launching attacks against Israel on October 8 in solidarity with the Palestinians, it tried to US Containing the conflict and keeping it to skirmishes along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
US officials have begun working on a diplomatic solution in an attempt to stop the fighting and push back forces. Hezbollah Away from the border and allow tens of thousands of civilians to return to their homes on both sides of the border.
But as the war in Gaza continued, skirmishes between Israel Hezbollah slowly and gradually, each side attacked targets deeper inside the other’s territory, using heavier and more sophisticated weapons.
In recent months, Biden’s senior adviser Amos Hochstein has made progress toward reaching an agreement to calm the border conflict, but that was conditional on reaching a deal to release Hostages Detainees held by Hamas and the approval of a ceasefire in Gaza.
When ceasefire negotiations reached a dead end a few weeks ago, Hochstein’s initiative died down with it.
A day after Hochstein traveled to Israel last week and issued a warning, Netanyahu As a negative consequence of the war in Lebanon, Israel carried out the first series of deadly attacks.
American officials said Hochstein was angry, not only because the Israelis “kept him in the dark” about the attack, but because they completely ignored everything he told them.
Biden’s top advisers are spending the next few days in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly To try to find a diplomatic solution to stop the fighting in Lebanon.
For the same purpose, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati arrived in New York on Tuesday evening, and the Israeli Prime Minister is expected to arrive. Benjamin Netanyahu To New York Thursday morning.
