Israel 'on the verge' of Lebanon ground invasion, says US diplomat
A US diplomat in the region briefed by Israeli officials has told Middle East Eye that Israel is "on the verge of launching a ground invasion of Lebanon."
"They are saying that a ground invasion is necessary not just to return Israelis to the north, but to stop Tel Aviv from being struck," the diplomat added.
Meanwhile Frank Lowenstein, a former special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in the Obama administration, told MEE that the Biden administration probably hopes that Israel's bombing on Hezbollah will get the group to delink itself from Hamas in Gaza.
"When it became clear that there was not going to be a ceasefire in Gaza or Lebanon, the best the Biden administration could hope for was for Israel to destroy as much of Hezbollah’s military capability as possible from air," Lowenstein said.