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strategy: A drive for regional hegemony and expanded dominion. Netanyahu appears to be operating under a “use it or lose it” logic. Netanyahu appears willing to secure this hard-power status even if it hastens
Lebanon, with troops “seizing and controlling” territory and expanding what he described as a “security zone”. Speaking after Israeli attacks, Netanyahu also said Israel was intensifying efforts against Hezbollah drones and pledged fighting would continue
strategy is linking the war in Lebanon with the war in the Gulf. The regime's message to Trump is that he cannot hope for any kind of deal if Israel continues to bomb Lebanon
military action if negotiations fail. - The mixed messaging has unsettled markets, but some analysts argue the strategy shows calculated pressure and a willingness to wait for Iran’s response. ## In Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu summit is being driven by the calendar and by Washington’s appetite for a visible deliverable,” Dania Arayssi, a senior analyst at New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, told Al Jazeera. “The April
military ordered the forced displacement of the population of Lebanon’s southern city of Nabatieh on Tuesday, amid an escalation of its campaign – ostensibly against Hezbollah targets – in Lebanon. Israel hit towns on the outskirts
Netanyahu’s national security adviser. Nagel also led Israel’s team involved in negotiations surrounding the Iran nuclear deal and previously served in Unit 8200, Israel’s signals intelligence division, which has faced criticism over
strategy, he said, is to “threaten to escalate” a conflict “in order to force an end to it”. However, Weitz cautioned that “we still have a bit of uncertainty over what precisely was agreed
Netanyahu, and new diplomatic leverage for Iran, Hezbollah and their allies. What lesson might we draw from all this? Perhaps that military power, however savage or genocidal, cannot forever dictate realities across the Middle East
military weapon – a striking declaration, given that Iranian officials have long alluded to the sea passage as a lever of their survival strategy. It seemed a shaky justification for a victory lap, given that
Netanyahu said Israel would continue military operations. - **End of Hezbollah:** The Israeli prime minister said the country’s top priority in Lebanon was to secure the “dismantling” of Hezbollah, in its first direct talks with
military operations in Lebanon and its invasion of the country’s south intensify. More than 2,000 people have been killed and more than one million displaced across Lebanon so far. Israel’s minister
Lebanon – was defeated again but with a record [40 Senate Democrats](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/bernie-sanders-pushes-military-block-israel) supporting it. (Another measure restricting the sale of 1,000lb bombs to Israel was rejected by a 36-63 vote.) Most
strategy wasn’t something it wandered into by accident. For years, Israel had been building it on two tracks simultaneously. The first was operational. A well-resourced apparatus of military spokespersons, carefully managed press access
Netanyahu, which [threatened to inflame tensions](/features/2026/5/5/us-push-for-lebanon-and-israel-leaders-to-meet-could-inflame-tensions) in Lebanon. Some analysts believe internal strife in Lebanon would be a boon to Israel. “There is no one who would benefit more from a disintegration
military will continue its ground operations there, justhours after Israel and Lebanon [agreed to implement a US-backed ceasefire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/04/israel-lebanon-renew-ceasefire-hezbollah-trump-iran-deal-middle-east-us) to end hostilities. Later the leader of Hezbollah rejected the ceasefire too, demanding
Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots,” he told the UK’s Financial Times on Sunday. Tehran returned fire with a second volley of missiles towards Israel. Iranian missiles have largely been intercepted
strategy aims to turn the newly formed National Committee for the Administration of Gaza ([NGAC](/news/2026/1/18/us-backed-palestinian-committee-shares-mission-statement-on-gaza-governance)), a technocratic body established to govern civilian affairs and oversee reconstruction in the enclave, into a proxy security
Netanyahu said it was to "thwart the threat of invasion". Using verified footage and analysis of available satellite imagery, BBC Verify found evidence of controlled Israeli demolitions in at least seven border towns and villages
Netanyahu has said that the conflict would eliminate the Iranian threat to Israel. But Iran would still possess missiles and maintain proxy militias, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, leading many in Israel to believe that