While Iran threatened and the United States prepared to conclude the deal, Israeli fighter jets returned from another fearless operation in the skies over Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut, after striking with surgical precision the building where a top Hezbollah terrorist was living.
The regime’s new strategy is to preserve its proxies for the next round of war. And if it is to sign a deal with Trump, then Hezbollah—or, translated into more acceptable diplomatic language, Lebanon—must also be part of the equation.
The IDF spokesman warned that while nothing was certain, public gatherings had been suspended as a precaution. Concerts were canceled, teachers’ unions announced that schools would remain closed, and although Ben-Gurion Airport continued operating, travelers were advised to check flight schedules carefully.
The crisis began as Trump announced what he hoped would become the day a peace deal was signed. At roughly the same time, the ayatollahs’ regime apparently ordered Hezbollah to fire into Israel, and three drones exploded over the northern...
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