{"id":113837,"date":"2024-06-24T17:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113837"},"modified":"2024-06-24T07:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:54:27","slug":"30-00-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113837","title":{"rendered":"Israel Defense Chief to Discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Israel Defense Chief to Discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. Trip<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Reuters <\/strong>and <\/em><\/span>Algemeiner Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/h5>\n

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Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at Israel\u2019s Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel Photo: December 18, 2023. REUTERS\/Violeta Santos Moura\/File Photo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday to discuss the next phase of the Gaza war and escalating hostilities on the border with Lebanon, where exchanges of fire with Hezbollah have stoked fears of wider conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel shortly after Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 assault sparked the war in Gaza, and the sides have been trading blows in the months since then. Hezbollah has said it will not stop until there is a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are prepared for any action that may be required in Gaza, Lebanon, and in more areas,\u201d Gallant said in a statement before setting off to Washington, where he said he would meet his counterpart Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in June, Hezbollah targeted Israeli towns and military sites with the largest volleys of rockets and drones in the hostilities so far, after an Israeli strike killed the most senior Hezbollah commander yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein visited Israel and Lebanon last week in an attempt to cool tensions, amid an uptick in cross-border fire and an escalation in rhetoric on both sides. An Israeli soldier was severely wounded on Sunday by a drone strike, the military said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Israeli officials have linked the ongoing Israeli push into Rafah \u2013 the southern area of Gaza where it says it is targeting the last battalions of militant Islamist group Hamas \u2013 to a potential focus on Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallant appeared to make the same link in his statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe transition to Phase C in Gaza is of great importance. I will discuss this transition with U.S. officials, how it may enable additional things and I know that we will achieve close cooperation with the U.S. on this issue as well,\u201d Gallant said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scaling back Gaza operations would free up forces to take on Hezbollah, if Israel were to launch a ground offensive or step up its aerial bombardments.<\/span><\/p>\n

POST-WAR PLAN<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials have described the third and last phase of Israel\u2019s Gaza offensive as winding down fighting while stepping up efforts to stabilize a post-Hamas rule and begin reconstruction in the enclave, much of which has been laid to waste.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gallant, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party, has sparred with the premier in the past few months, calling for a clearer post-war plan for Gaza that will not leave Israel in charge, a demand echoed by the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netanyahu has been walking a tightrope as he seeks to keep his government together by balancing the demands of the defense establishment, including ex-generals like Gallant, and far-right coalition partners who have resisted any post-Gaza strategy that could open the way to a future Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n

The head of Israel\u2019s parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuli Edelstein, told Army Radio on Sunday that fighting Hezbollah would be complex either way, now or later.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not in the right position to conduct fighting on both the southern front and the northern front. We will have to deploy differently in the south in order to fight in the north,\u201d said Edelstein, also a Likud member.<\/span><\/p>\n

Edelstein criticized a video by Netanyahu released last week in which the prime minister said the Biden administration was \u201cwithholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel.\u201d The video led to a spat with the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n

President Joe Biden\u2019s administration paused a shipment of 2,000 pound and 500-pound bombs in May over concerns about their impact if used in densely-populated areas of Gaza. Israel was still due to get billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that in the discussions behind closed doors much more will be achieved than by attempts to create pressure with videos,\u201d Edelstein said, referring to Gallant\u2019s trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

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