US President Joe Biden warned connected Wednesday that the anticipation of "all-out war" remains arsenic tensions escalate betwixt Israel and Hezbollah (AP)
Amid aggravated bombing by Israeli forces wrong Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, US President Joe Biden connected Wednesday warned of the anticipation of an “all-out war” successful the Middle East, though helium expressed anticipation for uncovering a way to forestall further violence.
Speaking successful an interrogation connected ABC’s The View’, Biden’s remarks followed respective days of intensifying clashes betwixt Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah successful Lebanon, which person already resulted successful hundreds of deaths and raised concerns of a wider struggle successful the Middle East.
Earlier connected Wednesday, Hezbollah launched a long-range rocket towards Tel Aviv, portion Israel responded by targeting areas successful the mountains northbound of Beirut for the archetypal clip successful the ongoing conflict. This marked a important escalation successful the cross-border aerial warfare.
Health authorities reported that the decease toll from 3 days of Israeli airstrikes had surpassed 600, with thousands much injured. The United Nations stated that 90,000 radical had been displaced since Monday, successful summation to implicit 200,000 who had already fled confederate Lebanon implicit the past twelvemonth owed to the ongoing exchanges of occurrence betwixt Hezbollah and Israel.