There’s Still Time to Avert War in Lebanon – Hezbollah’s strength has multiplied, and conflict is inevitable unless the world acts | WSJ
Donald Trump called out Hezbollah at both stops on his Middle East trip last week. In Saudi Arabia he praised the Gulf Cooperation Council for designating the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite militia a terrorist organization and noted that Riyadh had placed sanctions on a senior Hezbollah figure. In Jerusalem Mr. Trump scored Hezbollah for launching rockets “into Israeli communities where schoolchildren have to be trained to hear the sirens and run to the bomb shelters—with fear, but with speed.”
Alex Salomon
The Lebanese army commander, Joseph Aoun, said that „an Israeli war against Lebanon will not take place and is highly unlikely, unless there is some error in calculations.“ This was reported in Asharq Al-awsat, according to sources close to Aoun. According to the report,
he added that the information coming from outside on the issue is very reassuring and stresses that „Lebanon is immune to an internal security shock and protected from any external war that Israel may launch against it.“
It was also reported that Aoun said that during his visit to the United States after taking office, he felt „great interest from American officials in the security of Lebanon, its stability and its immunity from any internal danger, infiltration from the border with Syria or confrontation with Israel.“