Exclusive: Top US General Says Risk of Broader War Eases a Bit After Israel-Hezbollah Exchange: Phil Stewart, Reuters, Aug. 26, 2024 — The near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased somewhat after Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah exchanged fire without further escalation but Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a strike on Israel, America’s top general said on Monday.
Pentagon Shared Intel with Israel to Thwart Hezbollah Attack: Jared Szuba, Al-Monitor, Aug. 26, 2024 — The Pentagon believes Iran and its proxy militias across the Middle East remain poised to retaliate against Israel, after Hezbollah and Israel exchanged their largest mutual cross-border attacks so far since the beginning of the Oct. 7 war.
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Iran and Hezbollah Don’t Want a War with Israel: Jonathan Spyer, Middle East Forum, Aug. 26, 2024
Iran Still Intends to Attack Israel: Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel, Aug. 28, 2024
Iran’s Nuclear Gamble: Buying Time or Looming Threat? – Analysis: Nathan Klabin/The Media Line, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 23, 2024
Iran’s Crossroads: A Regime Paralyzed by Its Own Failures: Erfan Fard, Israel Hayom, Aug. 26, 2024
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For Further Reference:
Iran Speeding Up Nuclear Progress, Outsourcing Attack Role to Proxies: Yaakov Lappin, JNS, Aug. 23, 2024 — Iranian uranium enrichment activity at the country’s nuclear sites has reached disturbingly advanced levels amid growing regional tensions.
Israel Expects UK, France to Help Hit Iran If Tehran Attacks, Katz Tells Counterparts: AP and TOI staff, Times of Israel, Aug. 16, 2024 — Israel expects Britain, France and other US allies to join it in taking military action against Iran should the Islamic Republic launch a promised assault on Israel to avenge the killing of Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said Friday.
Israel Preempts Hezbollah Attack: Ari Cicurel, JINSA, Aug. 27, 2024 — On August 25, Israel disrupted a planned, massive Hezbollah attack by preemptively striking and neutralizing roughly two-thirds of the projectiles that the terrorist group planned to launch from southern Lebanon.
Iran’s War Against Israel – From the West Bank: Khaled Abu Toameh: Gatestone Institute, Aug. 28, 2024 — The armed wing of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced on August 26 that five of its members were “martyred while performing their combat duty in the West Bank.”