The threat of all-out war looms over the Middle East. Israel has intensified its targeting of Hizbullah bases in southern Lebanon.
Dozens of deaths in pager and walkie-talkie blasts have escalated tensions and Hezbollah has begun preparations for a full-scale retaliation.
US officials have said that a ceasefire in Gaza is unlikely as long as President Biden is in the White House. Israel’s leadership is not ready to listen to anything.
The American newspaper Wall Street Journal quoted a senior American official as saying in a report that the attitude of the Israeli leadership is extremely inflexible, so there is no possibility of an immediate ceasefire.