Perhaps Israeli allies behind the scenes are standing shoulder to shoulder, with Israel, together, protecting Israeli people, Israeli territorial integrity and sovereignty. Israel also seems to have endless arsenal....
The allies are always quick, perhaps too quick! to state
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The US military had no involvement in Israel's preemptive strikes on Hezbollah, according to a US official
Extracts: A spokesman for the National Security Council, Sean Savett, said President Biden was "closely monitoring" the events in Israel and Lebanon and that he has been engaged with his national security team throughout the evening
"At Biden's direction, senior US officials have been communicating continuously with their Israeli counterparts" Savett said. "We will keep supporting Israel's right to defend itself and we will keep working for regional stability"
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, about Israel's defenses. Austin also ordered the presence of two Carrier Strike Groups to remain in the region, the Pentagon said on Sunday
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General CQ Brown, is on a visit to the region that is expected to take him to Israel, Egypt and Jordan
Michael Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the US said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that Herzog believes the "success of our operation yesterday prevented an escalation to a major war"
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"We still need a settlement with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon" Herzog said. "They followed Hamas by launching a war with Israel on 08 October 2023 and they have been firing thousands of rockets into Israel since then.
We give a chance to diplomacy and we hope it works"
The US is hoping that all sides can stop escalating since both Israel and Hezbollah are publicly claiming success and the initial assessment is that the blowback from this strike is contained
An Israeli official also told CBS News that it appears Hezbollah is deterred
