.. . Many fear that moment has come.
In the past 10 days, Israel has unleashed an air campaign on Lebanon, striking over 3,600 Hezbollah-linked targets, according to Israel Defense Forces statements. On Tuesday, Israel launched what it called a limited ground offensive into southern Lebanon.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also vowed retaliation for Tehran’s launching of 180 missiles toward Israel on Tuesday, an attack that damaged a school in the Israeli city of Hod Hasharon and killed at least one person in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, in Damascus, Syrian state media said that three civilians had been killed in Israeli strikes Tuesday. More strikes were reported in the Syrian capital on Wednesday.
Biden said his administration was giving Israel “advice” and urging it to respond proportionally. He told reporters Wednesday that he had discussed the matter with leaders of the Group of Seven and that he might speak with Netanyahu “relatively soon.”
“We’ll be discussing with the Israelis what they’re going to do, but they — every — all seven of us [G7 leaders] agre
