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Headlines Will There Be an Israel-Hezbollah War?
Will There Be an Israel-Hezbollah War?
Claims Last Updated 1 week ago Hilal Khashan "Netanyahu clearly wants war [with Hezbollah]." Mar 16, 2024 Matthew Miller "It is in no ones interest — not Israel's, not the region's, not the world's — for this conflict to spread beyond Gaza." Jan 07, 2024 Najib Mikati "I am doing my duty to prevent Lebanon from entering the war." Oct 30, 2023 Mark Regev "We were not interested in a conflict. But if Hezbollah does start one, it will finish on Israel's terms." Oct 27, 2023 Benny Gantz "The situation on Israel's northern border demands change... [t]he stopwatch for a diplomatic solution is running out." Dec 27, 2023 Mona Yacoubian "Hezbollah does not appear to have an interest in widening the war at this time." Oct 27, 2023 Herzi Halevi "We are now focusing on being prepared for war in the north." Mar 16, 2024 Antony Blinken Reducing tensions at the Israel-Lebanon border "is something that we're very actively working on." Jan 07, 2024 National Security Council "We continue to explore and exhaust all diplomatic options with our Israeli and Lebanese partners." Jan 07, 2024 Hilal Khashan "Israel made it clear that once they are done with Gaza, they will turn their attention to the north." Mar 12, 2024 Amal Saad Hezbollah has signalled it "is willing to go all the way" toward a final border settlement if there's a Gaza cease-fire. Jan 06, 2024 Steven A. Cook "It is likely that there is going to be a war between Hezbollah and Israel within the next six to eight months." Feb 29, 2024 Herzi Halevi "I don't know when the war in the north [will happen]. I can tell you that the likelihood of it happening in the coming months is much higher than it was in the past." Feb 17, 2024 Yoav Gallant "We are shifting from being passive to actively pursuing Hezbollah." Mar 29, 2024 Maha Yahya "The risk of escalation is big but Hezbollah is trying hard to avoid being dragged into a conflict," Jan 04, 2024 Bashir Saade Hezbollah will not directly intervene as it "has no interest in seeing Israel escalate things in Lebanon." Jan 08, 2024 Hassan Nasrallah "We are now faced with a historic opportunity to completely liberate every inch of our Lebanese land." Jan 06, 2024 Bilal Saab "The political logic for Netanyahu is to rebound after the historic failure of Oct. 7 and have some kind of success to show to the Israeli public." Jan 07, 2024 Yoav Gallant "We prefer the path of an agreed-upon diplomatic settlement... but we are getting close to the point where the hourglass will turn over." Jan 07, 2024 CSIS "The possibility of an Israel-Hezbollah conflict looms over the region." Mar 21, 2024 Show More