U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (front left) stands next to Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at the Tahrir Palace in downtown Cairo on Sept. 18, 2024, during Mr. Blinken's visit to the Egyptian capital aimed at reviving negotiations for a cease-fire agreement in Gaza. (Credit: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP)
This interview was conducted before the recent escalations between Israel and Hezbollah following the Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday.Israel seems to have sought to push Hezbollah to change its paradigm and agree on a settlement directly, despite the situation in Gaza, by conducting two series of telecommunications devices used by the party exploding on Tuesday and Wednesday, dealing it a severe blow.This is a highly complicated challenge, given that Hezbollah has constantly linked its strikes on northern Israel to the war in Gaza since it opened a front in southern Lebanon on Oct. 8. Although it was reported that American officials were told a few minutes before the explosion that an operation was going to take place, they were in the region at the time of the first series of explosions to push forward an...
This interview was conducted before the recent escalations between Israel and Hezbollah following the Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday.Israel seems to have sought to push Hezbollah to change its paradigm and agree on a settlement directly, despite the situation in Gaza, by conducting two series of telecommunications devices used by the party exploding on Tuesday and Wednesday, dealing it a severe blow.This is a highly complicated challenge, given that Hezbollah has constantly linked its strikes on northern Israel to the war in Gaza since it opened a front in southern Lebanon on Oct. 8. Although it was reported that American officials were told a few minutes before the explosion that an operation was going to take place, they were in the region at the time of the first series of explosions to push forward an...