White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said that the United States has not yet seen any real indication that the radical Hezbollah movement has decided to open a second front against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). This was reported by TASS.
According to him, the American side is closely monitoring the actions of Hezbollah, which is one of the reasons for sending US military resources to the region, to make it clear to everyone who wants to intervene in the conflict that this should not be done. .
Before this, US President Joe Biden warned The involvement of Iran and the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Previously Netanyahu statedHe said Israel had launched a massive attack “like never before”.