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The Hydrogen Insights 2024 report
ODL, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto/ODL Inc.)
Dan Buretta
OpenCover, Request Finance and Nexus Mutual partner to launch world’s first blockchain transaction cover
Kellstrom Singapore Aerospace Park
FILE - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The Hydrogen Insights 2024 report
The Hydrogen Insights 2024 report
ODL, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto/ODL Inc.)
ODL, Inc. Logo (PRNewsfoto/ODL Inc.)
Dan Buretta
Dan Buretta
OpenCover, Request Finance and Nexus Mutual partner to launch world’s first blockchain transaction cover
OpenCover, Request Finance and Nexus Mutual partner to launch world’s first blockchain transaction cover
Kellstrom Singapore Aerospace Park
Kellstrom Singapore Aerospace Park
FILE - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow residents to return to their homes is now an official war goal, as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon that could ignite an all-out conflict.
Israeli officials have repeatedly threatened to take heavier military action to halt the near-daily attacks, which began shortly after the outbreak of the nearly yearlong Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Israel has regularly launched airstrikes on Lebanon in response and has targeted and killed senior Hezbollah commanders.
As recently as last month it appeared a full-blown war was imminent.
Tuesday’s statement by Israel’s security Cabinet signaled a tougher stance at a time when Israeli leaders have stepped up their warnings. But it also appeared to be largely symbolic and may not herald an immediate change in policy.
The United States has pressed for restraint even as it has rushed military aid to Israel, warning its close ally that a wider war would not achieve its goals.
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Israeli media have meanwhile reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering firing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and replacing him with Gideon Saar, the leader of a small right-wing party who is seen as more hawkish. That would be the biggest leadership shakeup in Israel since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack triggered the war in Gaza and set off wider regional tensions.
The announcement on Lebanon came after Israel’s security Cabinet met late into the night. It said the Cabinet has “updated the objectives of the war” to include safely returning the residents of the north to their homes.