Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned to wipe Lebanon offthe face of earth if Hezbollah enters into war with Israel. In an officialtranscript of a briefing the Israeli PM said that he cannot tell right nowif Hezbollah will decide to enter the (Gaza) war fully or not.
However, Hezbollah entering the war would be devastating. PM Netanyahuwarned Hezbollah against opening a second war front with Israel, sayingthat doing so would bring Israeli counter-strikes of “unimaginable”magnitude that would wreak “devastation” upon Lebanon.
Moreover, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the Gaza conflictis “do or die” for Israel.
Israel heavily bombarded Gaza overnight after warning it would intensifystrikes ahead of a ground invasion, as the war entered its third week onSunday.
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As fears mount of a wider conflagration, the Pentagon said it wasbolstering its forces in the Middle East to “assist in the defence” of USally Israel amid “escalations by Iran and its proxy forces” across theregion.
A first trickle of aid entered the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, but the20 trucks permitted to cross were described as a “drop in the ocean” giventhe “catastrophic” humanitarian situation for 2.4 million people.