The Biden administration’s policy regarding Israel-Hezbollah tensions appeared to shift dramatically within hours last week.
US President Joe Biden began the day on September 30 by calling for a “ceasefire now” along the Blue Line dividing Israeli and Lebanese territory, and telling reporters who shouted questions at him that he was aware of Israeli plans to soon launch a limited ground incursion into Lebanon and that he was “comfortable with them stopping.”
But hours later, the IDF announced that it had begun a series of raids aimed at dismantling Hezbollah posts on the Lebanese side of the border. READ MORE
