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    Commentary: A war between Hezbollah and Israel is the last thing the US wants

    by Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune Dec 20, 2023 3 minutes
    A soldier stands near a car destroyed in a strike by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement in Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel near the Lebanon border, on Nov. 27, 2023.

    Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is traveling to the Middle East this week in part to press Israel to moderate its war plans in Gaza and prepare for a transition to lower-intensity operations against top Hamas commanders. President Joe Biden’s administration is increasingly impatient about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, a small coastal territory that has essentially become hell on earth.

    The Israelis, meanwhile, are increasingly impatient about the situation in the north, near Israel’s border with Lebanon. Ever since the war in Gaza began on Oct. 7, the Israeli military and Hezbollah, the Lebanese terrorist group, as well as eight Israeli soldiers, have been killed in the bombardments, along with dozens of civilians. Tens of thousands of Israelis have evacuated the northern towns and kibbutzim near the Israel-Lebanon border.

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